Paragraph 2. THE FATHER

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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outset the Eastern tradition expresses the Father’s character as first origin
of the Spirit. By confessing the Spirit as he “who proceeds from the
Father”, it affirms that he comes from the Father through the
Son.⁷⁷ The Western tradition expresses first the consubstantial
communion between Father and Son, by saying that the Spirit proceeds from the
Father and the Son (filioque). It says this, “legitimately and with good
reason”,⁷⁸ for the eternal order of the divine persons in their
consubstantial communion implies that the Father, as “the principle
without principle”,⁷⁹ is the first origin of the Spirit, but also
that as Father of the only Son, he is, with the Son, the single principle from
which the Holy Spirit proceeds.⁸⁰ This legitimate complementarity,
provided it does not become rigid, does not affect the identity of faith in the
reality of the same mystery confessed.

PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH

SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
- CHAPTER ONE I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER
  - Article 1 “I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH”
    - Paragraph 2. THE FATHER

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