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Work #1227 · Late

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

Anselm of Canterbury
1102 · Latin
Polemical-theological treatise · Scholasticism / Catholic-Thomistic / Medieval-Benedictine / East-West theological controversy

Anselm's 1102 treatise — Latin-Western defence of the filioque against the Greek Orthodox position

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Attribute De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Revelation
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

The 1098 Council of Bari moment; the 1102 publication.

Space

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

The early-twelfth-century European East-West theological-political setting.

Matter

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

The proper-Trinitarian relations as proper-philosophical-theological subject.

Observer

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

Anselm as Latin-Western systematic-theological defender.

Energy

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

The systematic-theological-philosophical energies of the East-West controversy.

Information

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

The systematic-theological-philosophical content on the filioque.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

De Processione Spiritus Sancti (On the Procession of the Holy Spirit)

De Processione defended the Latin-Western position on the central East-West theological controversy; the East-West controversy was never resolved and contributed to the 1054 Schism and subsequent divisions of Christianity.