Filioque

The addition of the filioque clause to the nicene creed by the western church aka the Catholic Church was a major reason that the unified Church broke into east and west i.e. Orthodox and Catholic, of course Papal supremacy also led to the churches breaking into schism as well, but its hard to maintain that the Orthodox don't actually have the legitimacy claim since the filioque clause is in fact a departure from the creed and how can churches that claim the creed not actually follow the real creed?

The problem also for many is that we do believe biblically that the creed should include the filioque based on our understanding of theology but that doesn't change the fact that the creed you're most likely proclaiming in church isn't even the real creed!! Doesn't that make that particular church a fraud?? There's no way that senior clergy in all the churches do not know it isn't the original creed.

The Anglican communion at least in the United States in it's largest church has mandated the removal of the filioque clause in the next printing while acknowledging it theologically. This seems like the most reasonable move, it's hard to contend against Orthodox supremacy when they're the only ones actually keeping the Creed that they proclaim.

If we claim to be part of the true Church isn't it only fair that the particular church keeps it creeds legitimately? And what does this say about own own churches?

does your church include the filioque clause?

• 0%yes
• 0%no
• 0%we don't say the Nicene creed