248. At the outset the Eastern tradition expresses the Father’s character as first origin of the Spirit. By confessing the Spirit as he “who proceeds from the Father”, it affirms that he comes from the Father through the Son. The Western tradition expresses first the consubstantial communion between Father and Son, by saying that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son (filioque). It says this, “legitimately and with good reason”, for the eternal order of the divine persons in their consubstantial communion implies that the Father, as “the principle without principle”, is the first origin of the Spirit, but also that as Father of the only Son, he is, with the Son, the single principle from which the Holy Spirit proceeds. This legitimate complementarity, provided it does not become rigid, does not affect the identity of faith in the reality of the same mystery confessed.
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25. How does man respond to God who reveals himself?
511. How should social and economic life be pursued?
413. How are we to view social inequalities?
55. What is divine providence?
294. Why is the Eucharist a “pledge of future glory”?
593. What is the specifically Christian sense of this petition?
455. What does the fourth commandment require?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does the Bible say about the true source of comfort in times of trouble?
How to be generous and share with those in need?
How did King Asa restore true worship and win the war against Ethiopia in 1 Kings 15:9-24?
What are Daniel’s visions of the golden image and the four beasts?
How is the humility and grace of God manifested in the Christian’s life, according to Psalm 138:6-7?
