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3 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.
Jun 21, 2024 · VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican’s former nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, said on Thursday that he has been summoned by the Vatican to face charges of schism.
Jun 25, 2024 · According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, schism is “the rupture of ecclesiastical union and unity, i.e. either the act by which one of the faithful severs as far as in him lies the ties which bind him to the social organization of the Church and make him a member of the mystical body of Christ, or the state of dissociation or separation which ...
6 days ago · Schism is, in Christianity, a break in the unity of the church. The most significant medieval schism was the East-West Schism of 1054 that divided Christendom into Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) branches.
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Jun 20, 2024 · St. Irenaeus once helped to save the 2nd-century Church from schism. Today, the newly declared “Doctor of Unity” is the patron saint of a group of theologians working on current problems in Orthodox-Catholic dialogue.
6 days ago · Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental , Presbyterian , and Congregational traditions, as well as parts of the Anglican and Baptist traditions.
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4 days ago · Roman Catholicism - Babylonian Captivity, Papal Authority, Schism: The severest difficulties faced by the medieval church involved the papacy. The most extreme and inflexible advocate of papal authority, Boniface VIII, initiated a struggle with the French king, Philip IV, over Philip’s attempts to tax and judge the clergy.
