sentences:  In 589, battling a resurgence of Arianism, the Third Council of Toledo, in the Kingdom of Toledo, added the term "" ("and the Son") to the Nicene Creed.This was ostensibly to counter the Arian argument that the Son was inferior to the Father because he did not share in the Father's role as the Source of the Holy Spirit's Godhead, and so they affirmed that the Holy Spirit proceeded "from the Father "and the Son"".This, phrase, however, was not intended originally to change the Nicene Creed, but only used as a local creed in defense against the Arians.