FILIOQUE
\fˈɪlɪˌə͡ʊk], \fˈɪlɪˌəʊk], \f_ˈɪ_l_ɪ__ˌəʊ_k]\
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The Latin for, "and from the Son," equivalent to et filio, inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clause qui ex Patre procedit (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d. 381), which makes a creed state that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father. Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church).
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The Latin for, and from the Son, equivalent to et filio, inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clause qui ex Patre procedit (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d.
By Noah Webster.
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fil-i-[=o]'kwe, n. the clause inserted into the Nicene Creed at Toledo in 589, which asserts that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son, as well as from the Father--not accepted by the Eastern Church. [L., 'and from the son.']
By Thomas Davidson
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