Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers

symbol_of_faith

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Let not the Symbol of Faith be set aside…but let it remain unchanged: and let every heresy be given over to anathema… Canon I of the Second Ecumenical Synod

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You ask what is the procession of the Holy Spirit? Do you tell me first what is the unbegottenness of the Father, and I will then explain to you the physiology of the generation of the Son, and the procession of the Spirit, and we shall both of us be stricken with madness for prying into the mystery of God. St. Gregory the Theologian

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We have learned that there is a difference between generation [begetting] and procession, but the nature of the difference we in no wise understand. St. John of Damascus

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