A Trio of Eastern Orthodox Saints Affirm the Filioque: It Cannot Be Condemned

Three Saints who are venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church unmistakably accepted the doctrine of the Filioque. These Saints are Sts. Agatho, Theodore of Canterbury, and Bede the Venerable. We know this from a convergence of a few facts put together.

First, St. Theodore (+690), who was born a Greek in Tarsus but later became the Archbishop of Canterbur…