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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.
Chalcedonian Christianity is a term referring to the branches of Christianity that accept and uphold theological resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon, the fourth ecumenical council, held in 451.
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.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Schism, in Christianity, a break in the unity of the church. In the early church, “schism” was used to describe those groups that broke with the church and established rival churches. The term originally referred to those divisions that were caused by disagreement over something other than basic.
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S. Schism of 1552. Schism of the Russian Church. Schism of the Three Chapters. Schism in Christianity. Second Secession. Diocese of the Southern Cross. Dositej II, Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia. Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)
