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Later, in [[1014]], the German Emperor Henry II, of the Holy Roman Empire visited Rome for his coronation and found that the Creed was not used during the Mass. At his request, the Bishop of Rome added the Creed, as it was known in the West with the ''filioque'', after the Gospel. At this time, the papacy was very weak and very much under the influence of the Germans. For the sake of survival, the Pope needed the military support of the Emperor. This was the first time the phrase was used in the Mass at Rome.
Thus, over a 600 year period, dispute over the ''filioque<'' had not divided the Church definitively; for the most part, in spite of cultural and linguistic conflicts, the Eastern and Western Churches remained in full communion.
Undeniably, the ''filioque'' controversy was officially resolved, for both Orthodox and Catholic. However, because of the historical situation and because of the different ecclesiologies of the East and West (i.e., in the East, the whole Church is seen as the guardian of faith, while for the West, the Magisterium maintains the faith), this resolution was neither fully received nor permanently sustained.
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