Research Catalog

Title

Apologetic for filioque in medieval theology / by Dennis Ngien.

Author

Ngien, Dennis, 1958-

Publication

Bletchley, Milton Keynes ; Waynesboro, GA : Paternoster, 2005.

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Details

Description

xiii, 194 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

The original Nicene Creed (381 AD) said that the Holy Spirit 'proceeds from the Father' and the Eastern Orthodox churches follow that wording to this day. However, in the West the growing tradition was to think of the Spirit as 'proceeding from the Father and the Son' (Latin: filioque) and eventually in 589 AD the ecumenical creed of Nicea was modified by the Catholic Church to include the word 'filioque' ('and the Son'). This controversial move was the sole doctrinal cause of the Great Schism that divided the Orthodox and Catholic Churches (1054 AD) and it remains a dividing issue with the Christian Church to this day. This study examines the defence of the filioque clause in four of the leading medieval theologians in the Catholic Church seeking to show why it mattered so much to them.

Subject

• 600-1500
• Holy Spirit > Procession > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Trinity
• Theology, Doctrinal > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Saint-Esprit > Procession > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
• Trinité
• Théologie dogmatique > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-194).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The filioque question: theological roots of Western pneumatological tradition -- The necessary reasons for filioque in Anselm -- The Spirit as co-beloved (condilectus) in Richard of St. Victor -- Fecundity, mutual love and filioque in Bonaventure.

ISBN

• 1842272942 (hbk.)
• 9781842272947 (hbk.)
• 1842272764 (pbk.)
• 9781842272763 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 60368014
• SCSB-11079127

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library