The Theology of "Procession"

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The “Filioque” (Latin for “and the Son”) is a clause inserted into some versions of the Nicene Creed.

“We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son”

This phrase is a point of contention between Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. In fact, this is the primary reason for the Great Schism. Catholics believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son; Orthodox Christians believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father. But what is more interesting is how Orthodox Christianity interprets “procession” (see quote below):
The Eastern Orthodox interpretation is that the Holy Spirit originates, has his cause for existence or being (manner of existence) from the Father alone [170] as “One God, One Father”,[171] Vladimir Lossky insisted that any notion of a double procession of the Holy Spirit from both the Father and the Son was incompatible with Orthodox theology. (source: Wikipedia: Filioque)
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