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Why does the Nicene Creed not use the attribute ' consubstantial ' for the Holy Spirit?
The Orthodox Church: uses the unmodified Nicene Creed created by the eucumenical council of the same name. (No "and the son" // filioque clause)
And in the Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of ...
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Why does the Nicene Creed not use the attribute ' consubstantial ' for the Holy Spirit?
There are actually two questions here. Before we can address why the Creed says (or doesn't say) what it does (or doesn't), we need to know what Nicene Christians believe about the substance of the ...
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