During the liturgy, the Pope and the assembled leaders recited the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in English, using the original Greek form without the Filioque clause. The joint recitation rendered the line concerning the Holy Spirit as “who proceeds from the Father”, omitting the Latin tradition’s “and the Son”. When the Pope and the Ecumenical Patriarch recite together “the Holy Spirit … who proceeds from the Father”, while omitting the Latin tradition’s confession “and the Son”, the gesture is immediately read not merely as hospitality but as a theological signal.
Author: The Catholic Herald
Published at: 2025-11-29 22:54:42
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