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Author Coetzee, Michelle, author.

Title The filioque impasse : patristic roots / Michelle Coetzee
Published Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (287 pages)
Series Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought ; 6
Perspectives on philosophy and religious thought ; 6.
Contents Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Foreword / Moss, Rodney -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The filioque: meaning and arguments -- 2. Untangling the arguments -- 3. The Eastern approach to truth -- 4. Perception and conception in Orthodox thought -- 5. The indivisible Trinity -- 6. The procession of the Spirit -- 7. Origins of the Western conception -- 8. Unity to filioque -- 9. Augustine's psychological analogies -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary A fascinating study of the underlying reasons for the disagreement over the clause "and the Son" in the Western version of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan creed, which contributed to the schism between Eastern and Western Christians. Coetzee argues that there has been a great deal of misunderstanding of the positions of each tradition by the other, partly due to the fact that East and West imbue certain key words, such as 'person' and 'unity', with different meanings which Coetzee believes come from different understandings of Hellenic philosophy. Against this backdrop, Coetzee sets about clearing up some of the misunderstandings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Orthodox Eastern Church -- Doctrines
Catholic Church -- Doctrines.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Orthodox Eastern Church fast
Subject Holy Spirit -- Procession -- History of doctrines
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Orthodox.
Holy Spirit -- Procession -- History of doctrines
Theology, Doctrinal
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781463205003
1463205007
9781463233860
1463233868