The nice thing about being Anglican is that we have the three universal creeds--the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian. The filioque was always confessed in the Athanasian Creed. Thus, reciting the Nicene Creed in its original without the filioque (which my parish does) doesn't mean we have to drop the confession of the dogma generally, since we confess the filioque in the Athanasian Creed.
Thank you Duane for writing your article on this. Thank you David for adapting the article into an interview format, very helpful.
I especially liked Duane's closing.
“It’s not about capitulation—it’s about clarity, unity, and fidelity to the faith we’ve received. Returning to the original Creed isn’t a compromise. It’s correction.”
A question: Is there a good reason not to begin to exclude the phrase when reciting the Nicene Creed.
Praying now for clear guidance for the next best step for restoring unity between the West and East.
I don’t see that there is a good reason. But the Rectors would need to make that call andthe use the opportunity to teach the people the history of it.
I remember Christ Church becoming aware of a certain wordage in the nicene creed
and we made the correction. Thank you for writing about it and explaining it again for clarification.
I really enjoyed this! Thanks David.
The nice thing about being Anglican is that we have the three universal creeds--the Apostles', the Nicene, and the Athanasian. The filioque was always confessed in the Athanasian Creed. Thus, reciting the Nicene Creed in its original without the filioque (which my parish does) doesn't mean we have to drop the confession of the dogma generally, since we confess the filioque in the Athanasian Creed.
Thank you Duane for writing your article on this. Thank you David for adapting the article into an interview format, very helpful.
I especially liked Duane's closing.
“It’s not about capitulation—it’s about clarity, unity, and fidelity to the faith we’ve received. Returning to the original Creed isn’t a compromise. It’s correction.”
A question: Is there a good reason not to begin to exclude the phrase when reciting the Nicene Creed.
Praying now for clear guidance for the next best step for restoring unity between the West and East.
I don’t see that there is a good reason. But the Rectors would need to make that call andthe use the opportunity to teach the people the history of it.