The Church Fathers taught the Filioque

The Church Fathers East and West believed in the Filioque.

0:00 Intro and Background
2:28 St. Augustine
6:05 St Hilary of Poitiers
11:26 St Athanasius
15:24 St Leo the Great
16:42 St Gregory of Nyssa
23:51 St Ambrose
27:30 St Cyril of Alexandria
28:57 Objection: Theodoret Letter 171
29:43 Answering Theodoret Letter 171
31:25 Objection: Cyril only uses proeisi
33:31 Ekporeuetai vs Prokeitai explained correctly
36:00 St Basil
41:07 Second Council of Constantinople
43:49 John Bekkos and Cardinal Bessarion
44:20 St Ephrem
44:45 St Epiphanius
45:40 St Isidore
46:21 Faith of Damasus
46:40 Council of Ephesus
48:07 Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
50:13 Athanasian Creed + St Caesarius
51:58 Council of Toledo
53:05 Council of Hatfield, St Theodore, St Bede, Pope St Agatho
55:15 7th Ecumenical Council, St Tarasius, Hadrians Letter
56:58 West Syriac Anaphoras - St Pope Sixtus II, Matthew the Shepherd, Psuedo Clement
58:41 St Jacob of Sarugh
59:01 St Fulgentius
59:31 St Paulinus of Nola
1:00:02 St Eucherius of Lyon
1:00:34 St Gregory of Tours
1:00:57 St Avitus of Vienne
1:01:16 St Ildephonsus of Toledo
1:02:03 St Prosper of Aquitaine
1:02:51 St Maximus the Confessor
1:06:03 Objection: Letter to Marinus
1:09:56 David theRealMedWhite Letter to Marinus
1:14:37 St John Damascene
1:16:18 Spirit of the Father and the Son
1:18:05 St Augustine and St Isidore: Spirit of the Son
1:18:44 Economy Reflects Theology
1:19:32 Appropriation
1:20:08 Divine Sendings
1:24:25 St Caesarius Economy reveals Theology
1:24:50 St Fulgentius Economy reveals Theology
1:26:09 Pope St Gregory the Great Divine Missions
1:26:57 St Faustus of Riez Economy reveals Theology
1:27:57 St Augustine Economy reveals Theology
1:30:10 St Isidore Economy reveals Theology
1:32:38 St Gregory of Nyssa Economy reveals Theology
1:34:16 Spirit as Image of the Son
1:36:07 Filioque explains Theosis
1:37:20 Reception of authority indicates hypostatic origin
1:44:04 Eternal Manifestation / Energetic Procession
1:44:53 Philotheos Kokkinos debunks essence energies real distinction
1:45:29 John 15, 26
1:47:32 Revelation 22:1 proves the Filioque, whether its hypostatic or economic
1:53:10 Taxis of Persons
1:56:31 Beauty of the Filioque
1:56:54 Genesis of human family points to Filioque
1:58:03 Golden Chain of Giving and Receiving, Human Family & Church structure points to the Filioque, even Human reproduction points to the Filioque
2:05:19 Recap of the Cumulative Case for the Filioque

Pray the Rosary.

[CatholicDwong]

Correction: At 1:23:23 I should have said "immanent origin through the Son" not "immanent pouring forth." My apologies.
Correction: At 1:34:42 I meant to say that St Gregory the Wonderworker says the Son manifests the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Clarification: When I said the Father and Son are originators of the Holy Spirit, I meant these two Persons are One Origin of the Holy Spirit.

Correction: At 1:28:58 the quote is from verse 29 not 28
Correction: At 30:24 in my slides I write "an argument from silence is no argument at all", I correct my position and believe arguments from silence can be valid, although this instance it was invalid.
Correction: At 36:55 I should have said the hypostatic properties are the relations of opposition in another view.
Correction: At 40:13 I read "the Monarchy is not lost" as referring to the Monarchy of the Father, but now I think it actually refers to the Monarchy of the Godhead not the Monarchy of the Father. However, this would still imply that this is referring to the Divine Substance and therefore the hypostatic per filium, so the argument still holds but needs modification.
Correction: At 1:00:34 the quote from St. Gregory of Tours should say, " I believe that the Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father and the Son, that it is not inferior and is not of later origin, but is God."

[tonisenihavea]

And you even prepared it in a _Summa Theologica_ type format with positions and objections. Great work 👍.

[servus_incognitus]

Little root town is, in fact, a faithful Catholic polity.

[tomsundaram]

I profoundly appreciated this video, and the obvious effort put into not just compiling a bunch of Patristic quotations, but also carefully investigating how to distinguish statements about the economy from statements about the essence or nature, and then expressing this verbally in a way that indicates the fervancy and conviction of your beliefs. It is a good thing to hear (though I do urge a certain caution concerning letting this be the entirety of how you relate to the topic and especially the people who believe it) and I give thanks to God for having given you the time and the capacity to both study this carefully, and to express it with similar precision and theological detail. May God bless this endeavor to address this cause of division in those who are not Catholic, and to remind Catholics of the need to recognize the positive reason for those things which the Church has maintained despite the politicization of this division by others.

[cherubinth]

Wow like over 50 church fathers that are recognized on both east and west. All arguments you find online for or against the filioque usually quote like 3 sources and that it. And many of the were so clear. That was crazy good.

[tradertrader]

The topics on this channel are very relevant and thought-provoking! I’d love to see even more videos that critically examine Orthodoxy

[christophersalinas]

2 years later, this is still a masterpiece.

[PermanenceAesthetic]

I am Orthodox, and this video officially put me into an existential crisis. Please pray for me.

[lazaruscomeforth]

Let it now be forever settled that the Eastern Orthodox have departed from the Patristic doctrine of the filioque, and through their reactionary theology now have canonically affixed egg to their faces.

[RealFeller]

I always come back to this video every few months because it’s just so good. This video is a death blow to falsehood and a beacon to Truth. God bless you and your work✝️🇻🇦.

[CatholicDwong]

If any Orthodox dares to say the Church Fathers did not teach the Filioque, share this video with them!

[OrthodoxCatholic]

2 hours long, I can appreciate how much time, remakes, editing, and then just simply uploading it took!

[slaveagle]

You are a Legend, amazing Work. May God bless you.

[CatholicDwong]

Pray the Rosary <3

0:00 Intro and Background
2:28 St. Augustine
6:05 St Hilary of Poitiers
11:26 St Athanasius
15:24 St Leo the Great
16:42 St Gregory of Nyssa
23:51 St Ambrose
27:30 St Cyril of Alexandria
28:57 Objection: Theodoret Letter 171
29:43 Answering Theodoret Letter 171
31:25 Objection: Cyril only uses proeisi
33:31 Ekporeuetai vs Prokeitai explained correctly
36:00 St Basil
41:07 Second Council of Constantinople
43:49 John Bekkos and Cardinal Bessarion
44:20 St Ephrem
44:45 St Epiphanius
45:40 St Isidore
46:21 Faith of Damasus
46:40 Council of Ephesus
48:07 Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
50:13 Athanasian Creed + St Caesarius
51:58 Council of Toledo
53:05 Council of Hatfield, St Theodore, St Bede, Pope St Agatho
55:15 7th Ecumenical Council, St Tarasius, Hadrians Letter
56:58 West Syriac Anaphoras - St Pope Sixtus II, Matthew the Shepherd, Psuedo Clement
58:41 St Jacob of Sarugh
59:01 St Fulgentius
59:31 St Paulinus of Nola
1:00:02 St Eucherius of Lyon
1:00:34 St Gregory of Tours
1:00:57 St Avitus of Vienne
1:01:16 St Ildephonsus of Toledo
1:02:03 St Prosper of Aquitaine
1:02:51 St Maximus the Confessor
1:06:03 Objection: Letter to Marinus
1:09:56 David theRealMedWhite Letter to Marinus
1:14:37 St John Damascene
1:16:18 Spirit of the Father and the Son
1:18:05 St Augustine and St Isidore: Spirit of the Son
1:18:44 Economy Reflects Theology
1:19:32 Appropriation
1:20:08 Divine Sendings
1:24:25 St Caesarius Economy reveals Theology
1:24:50 St Fulgentius Economy reveals Theology
1:26:09 Pope St Gregory the Great Divine Missions
1:26:57 St Faustus of Riez Economy reveals Theology
1:27:57 St Augustine Economy reveals Theology
1:30:10 St Isidore Economy reveals Theology
1:32:38 St Gregory of Nyssa Economy reveals Theology
1:34:16 Spirit as Image of the Son
1:36:07 Filioque explains Theosis
1:37:20 Reception of authority indicates hypostatic origin
1:44:04 Eternal Manifestation / Energetic Procession
1:44:53 Philotheos Kokkinos debunks essence energies real distinction
1:45:29 John 15, 26
1:47:32 Revelation 22:1 proves the Filioque, whether its hypostatic or economic
1:53:10 Taxis of Persons
1:56:31 Beauty of the Filioque
1:56:54 Genesis of human family points to Filioque
1:58:03 Golden Chain of Giving and Receiving, Human Family & Church structure points to the Filioque, even Human reproduction points to the Filioque
2:05:19 Recap of the Cumulative Case for the Filioque

[MountAthosandAquinas]

Wow, I was considering making felioque video next but you did such a good job going through the Fathers that it renders my work not so necessary. Good work my friend. Glad I decided to check out your page following our chat! God speed!

[redeemerstrikes]

Little root town is pro Filioque and thank you for the massive amount of effort you put into this video! I hope to utilise this info in future contemplation, discussions and apologetics. God bless you and your family and take care.

[shawnreddy]

Ive been at a long crossroads between orthodoxy and catholicism, but your video is extremely high quality and well researched, so i will think upon your points. Thank you for your research

[evanwallman]

If one watches this they cannot deny the Filioque, great work!

[kimberHD]

Thank you for this great work, you accepted the call and help others tremendously. Thank you.

[KgaVga]

Thank you so much for your videos they are one of the best Catholic apologetics, and especially this one