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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.
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.
May 13, 2024 · East-West Schism, event that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches and the Western church. The mutual excommunications by the pope and the patriarch in 1054 became a watershed in church history. The excommunications were not lifted until 1965.
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A schism (⫽ ˈ s ɪ z ə m ⫽ SIZ-əm, ⫽ ˈ s k ɪ z ə m ⫽, SKIZ-əm or, less commonly, ⫽ ˈ ʃ ɪ z ə m ⫽ SHIZ-əm) is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination.
The East–West Schism that occurred in 1054 represents one of the most significant events in the history of Christianity. It includes various events and processes that led to the schism and also those events and processes that occurred as a result of the schism.
Fighting Isms and Schisms. With his natural brilliance, his training in rhetoric, and his position of church leadership, Augustine found himself the polemical leader in the church of his day.
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On Saturday, July 16, 1054, as afternoon prayers were about to begin, Cardinal Humbert, legate of Pope Leo IX, strode into the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, right up to the main altar, and placed on...
