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Start Date
16-9-2025 3:15 PM
End Date
16-9-2025 4:00 PM
Keywords
nicene creed, filioque, nicaea, latin, gregory, chalcedon, constantinople, charlemagne, lutherans, lateran
Description
The Council of Ephesus in 431 prohibited any addition to the creed from Nicaea in 325. And yet, no one confesses or uses liturgically the creed as formulated at the Council of Nicaea in 325. All orthodox Christians confess the Nicene Creed as revised and expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381. In this sense, everybody adds to the Creed from Nicaea. Western Christians, particularly Lutherans, further augment this Creed with the filioque, confessing that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Orthodox Christians denounce this addition as false and contrary to Scripture. In 2024, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Orthodox Church issued a joint statement that agreed to remove the filioque from the Creed. Should the LCMS follow the lead of the LWF and remove the filioque from the Nicene Creed? This sectional will answer this question by considering the scriptural and historical arguments for the filioque from the early church to the Lutheran dogmaticians.
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
John 15:26; John 16:13–15; John 20:22; Galatians 4:6; Matthew 10:20; John 5:19; 1 Corinthians 12:3; John 14:6; John 15:27;
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Submission Cost
Free
Should Lutherans Continue to Confess the Nicene Creed with the Filioque?
The Council of Ephesus in 431 prohibited any addition to the creed from Nicaea in 325. And yet, no one confesses or uses liturgically the creed as formulated at the Council of Nicaea in 325. All orthodox Christians confess the Nicene Creed as revised and expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381. In this sense, everybody adds to the Creed from Nicaea. Western Christians, particularly Lutherans, further augment this Creed with the filioque, confessing that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son. Orthodox Christians denounce this addition as false and contrary to Scripture. In 2024, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Orthodox Church issued a joint statement that agreed to remove the filioque from the Creed. Should the LCMS follow the lead of the LWF and remove the filioque from the Nicene Creed? This sectional will answer this question by considering the scriptural and historical arguments for the filioque from the early church to the Lutheran dogmaticians.
