What is Filioque clause?
The '''Filioque clause''' is a part of the [[Nicene Creed]] that not all [[Christian]]s agree about. ''Filioque'' is [[Latin language|Latin]]. In the context of the Nicene Creed it means ''and from the Son''. The main parties involved are the [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic Church]] and the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. The Eastern Orthodox Church rejects this change, the Catholic Church,<ref>[http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p2.htm Catechism of the Catholic Church, 246-248]</ref> as well as most [[Protestantism|Protestant]]<ref>Lutheranism ([http://www.bookofconcord.org/creeds.html Book of Concord] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511203721/http://www.bookofconcord.org/creeds.html |date=2008-05-11 }}, [http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.filioque.html The Nicene Creed and the Filioque: A Lutheran Approach]), Presbyterianism ([http://www.unionpresbyterian.com/Creeds/NiceneCreed.dsp Union Presbyterian Church], [http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/3368.0.html Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206021635/http://www.presbyterian.org.nz/3368.0.html |date=2009-02-06 }}, [http://saintandrewsrpcga.org/nicene.html Reformed Presbyterian Church]); Methodism ([http://gbgm-umc.org/UMW/BIBLE/ncreed.html United Methodist Hymnal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511203721/http://www.bookofconcord.org/creeds.html |date=2008-05-11 }})</ref> and the [[Anglicanism|Anglican Church]]<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/39articles.html Article 5 of the] [[Thirty-Nine Articles]]</ref> accept it. The [[Latin language|Latin]] text is given below, the '''change''' is highlighted. This was added in the Catholic version. {{cquote|(Credo)… Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem,<br />qui ex Patre '''Filioque''' procedit …}} This is usually translated into English as: {{cquote|(I believe) .. and in the Holy Ghost <br /> which comes from the Father '''and from the Son'''...}} Many [[Eastern Catholic churches|E