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===Filioque===
''Filioque'' is a word that changes the Latin version of the [[Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed]] to include the wording ''[Spiritus Sanctus] qui ex Patre '''Filioque''' procedit'' or "[[Holy Spirit[] who proceeds from the Father '''and the Son'''."
The first appearance of this insertion into the Creed happened in Toledo, Spain, where Latin theologians were trying to refute a brand of the [[Arianism|Arian]] [[heresy]]. Those theologians had better access to the writings of Latin theologians, particularly of St. [[Augustine of Hippo]], than to Greek theologians. Augustine used the teaching from [[Gospel of John|John]] 16:7 to emphasize that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son, and that neither is subordinate to the other.