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level: The Filioque controversy

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level questions: The Filioque controversy

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What are the arguments rejecting the necessity of the trinity?some say that the Trinity is an intellectual abstraction which prevents the simple following of the way of Jesus.
What do all major branches of Christian churches believe inThe doctrine of the trinity
What is the doctrine of the trinity?That we have one God existing in three persons.
Why is the trinity a fundamental doctrine?States what Christians believe God is and what he's like, emphasises that God is very different from human beings and is a central element of Christian identity
What is the Trinitarian formula?‘in the name of the Father,Son and Holy Spirit.’
How was this belief developed?this is expressed in the liturgy by prayers and blessings made using the Trinitarian formula
Where do we see biblical proof for the trinity?the plural for ‘God’ is used in Genesis 1:26 and the plural term ‘Elohim’ is used for God in Genesis 1:1.
What are the three interlocking beliefs considered orthodox by Christians?There is one God, The Father the Son and the Holy Spirit are each fully God and each person of the Trinity is not the same.
What does the monotheism of Christianity include?The monotheism of Christians, then, includes a mystery that oneness also includes ‘three-ness’
What is a fundamental belief about the trinity?Each person of the Trinity is co-equal and co-eternal
An example of the differences within the trinity?Jesus, for example, is both fully God and fully human; a member of the Trinity whilst also incarnate as the human Jesus.
what does filioque mean?It is a term that refers to the Son, Jesus Christ, as an additional origin point of the Holy Spirit.
What creeds mention the trinity?The nicene creed and the chalcedonian creed
What does the nicene creed say?"We believe in one God, the Father, we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life."
What was agreed by the church to be amended?it was agreed by the Church to amend the Nicene creed with a detail about the Holy Spirit
What was the amendment made to the Nicene creed?The holy spirit ‘proceeds from the Father’.
However, what became popular in some churches?to refer to the Spirit ‘proceeding from the Father and the Son’
What did people in the East believe about this?they believed this threatened the role of the Father as the sole source of divinity in the Trinity and weakened the distinction between the Son and the Spirit.
What does it say in the Chalcedonian Creed?"Acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood"
What case did Augustine make?Augustine made the case that God is a relationship in which the Spirit acts as the bond of love between the Father and the Son.
What did Augustine use to back his point up?John 20:22: Jesus ‘breathes’ the Holy Spirit onto the disciples.
Key quotes for this topic?(Deuteronomy 6:4), (John 20:28) (S. Bullivant)
(S. Bullivant)‘...the doctrine of the Trinity stems directly from the early Christians’ experiences of God.’
(Deuteronomy 6:4)‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one.’
(John 20:28)‘Thomas answered him [Jesus], “My Lord and my God!”
What do western churches commonly include in their recitation of the nicene creed?"and the son"
What does the western church emphasise?the divinity of the son and the unity of the trinity by having the holy spirit proceed from both the father and the son
What does the eastern church emphasise?the monarchy of the father which results in the unity of the three persons of the trinity - since both the so and holy spirit come from the father there is one source for everything. the unity of the three can be represented just through the father
When did the doctrinal understanding and the wording of the nicene creed become linked?When the insertion of the wording was used by Pope Benedict VIII