[kosta50]

I am in no way qualified to judge the theology behind the filioque. Wiser heads than we are working on it, and they are increasingly saying there may be not be as much of a problem as we once thought.

Yes, wiser heads met a few years back and conlcuded that the Catholic side should not use the filioque. That doesn't mean the filioque is wrong. We also believe that the Spirit proceeds "and through the Son" as is evidenced by the Orthodox doctrines stated by +Gregory Palamas (13th c), but, for reasons mentioned in my earlier posts, the filioque does not express the intended meaning of the Creed in its original (and immutable) form, which is that, as regards His existence, the Spirit proceeds only from the Father.

I am strongly opposed to full intercommunion at this point in time (at least where there is no existing tradition of it). This thread all but proves we are not quite there yet

I think you are right.

[Kolokotronis]

Here is the comment of the “wiser heads”. Its worth the read.

“An Agreed Statement of the
North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation
Saint Paul’s College, Washington, DC
October 25, 2003”

http://www.usccb.org/seia/filioque.shtml