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The Eastern Schism, also known as the 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism, is a schism between the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC, also known as the Moscow Patriarchate) and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which began on 15 October 2018 when the former unilaterally severed full communion with the latter.
In Christianity, a schism occurs when a single religious body divides and becomes two separate religious bodies. The split can be violent or nonviolent but results in at least one of the two newly created bodies considering itself distinct from the other.
Indonesia is home to the largest Christian community made up of converts from their former Islamic faith; according to various sources, since the mid and late 1960s, between 2 and 2.5 million Muslims have converted to Christianity.
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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Indonesian Suspicions of Religious Freedom. Because many of the country traditional ’s cultures stress the importance of harmony, Indonesians can frequently be suspicious of religious freedom (kebebasan beragama), which they may view as an individualist and Western concept.
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- 2018
May 11, 2018 · A schism (saṃghabheda) is defined as occurring when nine fully ordained monks leave a community together, as a result of dissent, and perform their own communal services apart. If the number is less than nine, there is ‘dissent’ rather than schism.
Nov 22, 2022 · This study aims to shed light on the question of whether religious tolerance and pluralism can help make democracy more resilient. Research on Indonesia has shown that the post-Reformasi era witnessed tension escalating between the Muslim majority and the Christian...
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