‖ filioque
(fɪlɪˈəʊkwiː)
[L.]
The word (= ‘and from the Son’) inserted in the Western version of the Nicene creed to assert the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Ghost from the Son as well as from the Father, which is not admitted by the Eastern Church. Also attrib., as filioque clause, filioque question.
| 1876 C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 90 With reference to the ‘Filioque’ clause, ‘One branch of the Church Catholic affirms on this point, whilst the other declares to affirm’. Ibid. 239 The ‘Filioque’ question. |