It also helps to justify the divine order in the Trinity, of First, Second, and Third Persons, which if the Spirit did not proceed from the Son would tend to make difficult a real distinction between the Son and the Spirit in this divine order. The argument for the procession from the Son as well as from the Father became the orthodox point of view of both Roman and Reformed churches. Relation of procession to the work of the Holy Spirit. While the doctrine of procession may seem somewhat of a technicality