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The Western ([[Roman Catholic]]) and [[Eastern Orthodox]] branches of Christianity have different versions of the creed, the Western church including the much-disputed ''filioque clause.'' The Eastern version states that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the Father," while the Western church added at the [[Synod of Toledo]] that the Spirit proceeds "from the Father ''and the Son''" (''filioque'' in [[Latin]]). The filioque clause was the nominal reason for the [[Great Schism]] between the two branches of the Church in 1054, although political factors played a role as well. Protestant churches usually follow the Roman Catholic practice of including the ''filioque clause.''  

The Western ([[Roman Catholic]]) and [[Eastern Orthodox]] branches of Christianity have different versions of the creed, the Western church including the much-disputed ''filioque clause.'' The Eastern version states that the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the Father," while the Western church added at the [[Synod of Toledo]] that the Spirit proceeds "from the Father ''and the Son''" (''filioque'' in [[Latin]]). The filioque clause was the nominal reason for the [[Great Schism]] between the two branches of the Church in 1054, although political factors played a role as well. Protestant churches usually follow the Roman Catholic practice of including the ''filioque clause.''  

The Eastern Orthodox Church maintains that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only (John 15:26) and firmly denies the teaching that He proceeds also from the Son. Orthodoxy states that the "filioque" phrase denies the unity of the Godhead by saying that the Holy Spirit has two origins, which is not found in the [[Holy Scripture|Scripture]]. Western theologians counter by pointing to Christ promising his disciples that, upon his prayer to the Father, the Holy Spirit would be sent to them (John 14:16), thereby indicating that both the Father and Son are involved as a single divine principle of origin in their unity of being and that the ''origin'' of the Holy Spirit is not at issue, but only the ''procession'' of the Spirit.

The Eastern Orthodox Church maintains that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father only (John 15:26) and firmly denies the teaching that He proceeds also from the Son. Orthodoxy states that the "filioque" phrase denies the unity of the Godhead by saying that the Holy Spirit has two origins, which is not found in the [[Holy Scripture|Scripture]]. Western theologians counter by pointing to Christ promising his disciples that, upon his prayer to the Father, the Holy Spirit would be sent to them (John 14:16), thereby indicating that both the Father and Son are involved as a single divine principle of origin in their unity of being<ref>"unity of being"—circumincession. The Father in the Son and the Son in the Father as one point of origin. See [http://trisagionseraph.tripod.com/circumincessionf.html article circumincession (trisagionseraph.tripod.com)]</ref> and that the ''origin'' of the Holy Spirit is not at issue, but only the ''procession'' of the Spirit.

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