eSPR: Supplementary Lesson 1: The "Filioque" Controversy: 2. The Eastern churches

Supplementary Lesson 1: The "Filioque" Controversy

Historical debate over the word "filioque" added to the Nicene Creed

The Eastern Churches

The Eastern churches objected that the Council of Ephesus, in 431 A.D., had forbidden adding to the Nicene Creed (in its Constantinople version), without a decision of another ecumenical council.

[https://orthodoxwiki.org/Filioque]

Question: What was the objection of the Eastern churches to the addition of "filioque" to the Nicene Creed?

The said that the phrase made Jesus divine, equal to the Father.

They objected that the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D. had forbidden to add to the creed, without the decision of another ecumenical council.

The said that the phrase made the Holy Spirit divine, equal to the Father and the Son.