The Library
1577 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
801–900
1 work
c. 885
Greek
Photius of Constantinople · c. 815–c. 893
A sustained argument that the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone, and that the Latin addition to the creed is both unauthorised and incoherent.
1101–1200
1 work
1149
Latin
Anselm of Havelberg · c. 1100–1158
A record of debates held in Constantinople with a Greek archbishop on the filioque and papal authority, prefaced by an argument that the church legitimately changes over time.
1201–1300
2 works
1274
Latin
The Second Council of Lyon
A statement accepting the filioque and papal primacy, submitted by a Byzantine emperor's envoys to secure Western military protection.
c. 1275–1282
Greek
John Bekkos · c. 1225–1297
A patriarch who had once opposed union argues from the Greek fathers themselves that through the Son and from the Son mean the same thing.
1401–1500
3 works
1439
Greek
Basilios Bessarion · 1403–1472
An argument to the Greek delegation at Florence that the Latin and Greek fathers say the same thing about the Spirit in different words, and that union is therefore honest.
6 July 1439
Latin
The Council of Florence
The decree of union between the Greek and Latin churches, settling the filioque, purgatory, papal primacy, and the eucharistic bread — signed by all the Greek delegates but one.
1438–1444
Greek
Mark of Ephesus · 1392–1444
The encyclicals and treatises of the one Greek bishop at Florence who refused to sign the union, on the filioque, purgatory, and the impossibility of agreement by formula.
7 of 1577 works