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5 days ago · The schism between the Western and Eastern Mediterranean Christians resulted from a variety of political, cultural and theological factors which transpired over centuries. Historians regard the mutual excommunications of 1054 as the terminal event.
3 days ago · The Reformation envisaged neither schism within the church nor the dissolution of the Christian culture that had developed for more than a millennium. But when the Reformation was over, both the church and the culture had been radically transformed.
Jun 18, 2024 · While the Great Schism occurred in 1054, the roots of the Catholic Church trace back to the early Christian community founded by Jesus Christ and his apostles, particularly St. Peter, whom Catholics regard as the first Pope.
2 days ago · Schisms have occurred for a variety of reasons. First, certain decisions made by general councils have not been accepted by all sides in dispute at the time.
Jun 14, 2024 · Cardinal Reginald Pole, the Queen's cousin, arrived in November 1554 as papal legate to end England's schism with the Roman Catholic Church. On 28 November, Pole addressed Parliament to ask it to end the schism, declaring "I come not to destroy, but to build.
6 days ago · When, in the 1650s, the patriarch Nikon began to enforce the reforms in the parishes, where they had been generally ignored, the discontent developed into a massive religious and regional insurrection. Towns and parishes of the north were riven by warring “old” and “new” bishops.
5 days ago · The Vatican’s former nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, says he has been summoned by the Vatican to face charges of schism. The archbishop posted on Thursday the two-page decree from the Vatican’s Dicastry for the Doctrine of Faith ordering him to appear for trial, citing as evidence “public statements that show a denial of the necessary elements to maintain ...
