Pomazansky and Romanides[REF] hold that Maximus' position does not defend the actual way the Roman Catholic Church justifies and teaches the Filioque as dogma for the whole church.
Recently some Orthodox theologians have proposed the substitution of the formula a patre per filium / εκ του πατρός δια του υιού (from the Father through the Son) instead of a patre filioque (from the Father and the Son) [REF].