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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.
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.
Christianity is Indonesia's second-largest religion, after Islam. Indonesia also has the second-largest Christian population in Southeast Asia after the Philippines, the largest Protestant population in Southeast Asia, and the third-largest Christian population in Asia after the Philippines and China, followed by India.
Jul 31, 2019 · The Great Schism of 1054 marked the split of Christianity and established the separation between the Orthodox Churches in the East and the Roman Catholic Church in the West. Start Date: For centuries, tension increased between the two branches until they finally boiled over on July 16, 1054.
Jun 26, 2024 · 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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The East-West Schism (sometimes also called Great Schism or the Schism of 1054) describes how Christianity split into two big branches called denominations in the Middle Ages. The Western part became the Roman Catholic Church. The Eastern part became the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Sep 20, 2022 · SCHISM: SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM IN POST-DENOMINATIONAL CHINA Christie Chui-Shan Chow. Liu Institute Series in Chinese Christianities. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021. Pp. xv + 335; illustrations, map. Cloth $75.00.
