The Filioque (history Of A Doctrinal Controversy)

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By (author) Siecienski A. Edward

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A. Edward Siecienski”s The Filioque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy is the first complete English language history of the filioque written in over a century. Beginning with the biblical texts and ending with recent agreements on the place and meaning of the filioque, this book traces the history of the doctrine and the controversy that has surrounded it.

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The Filioque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy is the first complete English language history of the filioque written in over a century. Beginning with the biblical texts and ending with recent agreements on the place and meaning of the filioque, this book traces the history of the doctrine and the controversy that has surrounded it. From the Greek and Latin fathers, the ninth-century debates, and the Councils of Lyons and Ferrara-Florence, to the twentieth- and twenty-first century-theologians and dialogues that have come closer than ever to resolving this contentious issue, A. Edward Siecienski explores the strange and fascinating history behind one of the greatest ecumenical rifts in Christendom.

Table of contents:
Introduction ; 1. The Procession of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament ; 2. The Greek Fathers ; 3. The Latin West ; 4. Maximus the Confessor ; 5. The Filioque from the Seventh to the Eleventh Century ; 6. The Filioque from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Century ; 7. The Council of Lyons to the Eve of Ferrara-Florence ; 8. The Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-39) ; 9. From Florence to the Modern Era ; 10. The Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries ; Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Review quote:
Siecienski has made a significant contribution to a key issue in both historical theology and present day ecumenical relationships … This is a well-formatted, readable volume with a solid argument, ample endnotes, and clear conclusions … an excellent volume which I shall be recommending to all my students.

Biographical note:
A. Edward Siecienski is Associate Profesor of Religion and Pappas Professor of Byzantine Culture and Religion at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.

Review quote: previous edition:
“The tragic schism between Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Christianity has for more than a millennium centered on the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit within the Trinity, whether the Spirit proceeds from the Father, or from the Father and the Son (Filioque), and in particular on the Western addition of the phrase Filioque to the creed. It is a long and tangled controversy which is traced in all its twists and turns with admirableclarity by Edward Siecienski in this fine book. Siecienski explores the past and looks to the future. One of his more astonishing revelations is that it is one of the earliest attempts at an irenical approach to thequestion-by the seventh-century monk and theologian, St Maximus the Confessor-that holds out the best hopes in the present for a final resolution of this controversy.”–Andrew Louth, Author of Greek East and Latin West: the Church ad 681-1071″At last we have the history of the Filioque controversy from beginning to end, free of confessional bias, engaging with both the theology and the historical context. An admirable presentation of the blend of Trinitarian theology, ecclesiastical rivalry, and historical events that sustained (and sometimes still sustain) the controversy, Siecienski”s book should be required reading for interested historians, theologians, and ecumenists. I have wantedthis book for a long time and am thrilled to have it on my desk at last.”–Tia Kolbaba, Author of Inventing Latin Heretics: Byzantines and the Filioque in the Ninth Century”Siecienski excavates the intricacies of the Filioque controversy with magisterial ability in this excellent study. He is equally adept in telling us why the argu