Proceeding from the Father and the Son — Filioque

On the occasion of the meeting o f Pope John Paul I I with Dimitrios I, Patriarch of Constantinople — which took place in Rome at the end of last year — when they prayed together the Apostles’ Creed without »Filioqu e«, the author speaks about the fellowship (unity) of Divine Persons and their mutual relations. From the historical point o f view he explains different attitudes o f the western and eastern theologians about economy o f salvation and the doctrine and interpretation of the procession of the Holy Ghost. Speaking from the theologic standpoint, he thinks that in expressions of the Greek oriental Church as w ell as of the Occidental Church there is no essential difference. The author is aware o f the fact that God is in Himself Mysterium apsolutum and that both Churches, the Eastern and the Western one, are disposed to approach God’s mystery in the attitude of reverence and silence. The Roman encounter and the common prayer of Pope and Patriarch are the sign that the way to the Christian unity has been opened