East–West Schism

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The East–West Schism was the 1054 split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, driven by long-standing theological, political, and cultural disputes that permanently divided Western and Eastern Christianity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in church history ⓘ
schism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
linked to: East–West Schism

Schism of 1054 ⓘ
linked to: East–West Schism
characterizedBy break in communion ⓘ
doctrinal disagreements ⓘ
jurisdictional conflicts ⓘ
mutual anathemas ⓘ
culturalContext Greek East ⓘ
Latin West ⓘ
dateOfMutualExcommunications 16 July 1054 ⓘ
hasCause Filioque controversy ⓘ
cultural disputes ⓘ
disputes over papal primacy ⓘ
ecclesiological disputes ⓘ
language divide between Latin and Greek ⓘ
liturgical differences ⓘ
papal claims of universal jurisdiction ⓘ
political disputes ⓘ
political rivalry between Byzantine Empire and Western Latin powers ⓘ
theological disputes ⓘ
hasEffect development of distinct Western and Eastern Christian traditions ⓘ
mutual excommunications ⓘ
permanent division between Western and Eastern Christianity ⓘ
separation of Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
involves Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
Patriarchate of Rome ⓘ
linked to: Holy See

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
keyFigure Patriarch Michael I Cerularius ⓘ
Pope Leo IX ⓘ
location Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul

Rome ⓘ
longTermConsequence distinct development of Eastern Orthodox theology ⓘ
distinct development of Roman Catholic theology ⓘ
enduring division within Christianity ⓘ
mutualExcommunicationsLifted 1965 ⓘ
mutualExcommunicationsLiftedBy Patriarch Athenagoras I ⓘ
Pope Paul VI ⓘ
precededBy Photian Schism ⓘ
relatedTo Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
startTime 1054 ⓘ
theologicalIssue Filioque clause in the Nicene Creed ⓘ
nature of papal authority ⓘ
use of leavened vs unleavened bread in the Eucharist ⓘ

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Middle Ages → includesEvent → Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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East–West Schism → alsoKnownAs → Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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East–West Schism → alsoKnownAs → Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Byzantine Empire → experienced → Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Western Christianity → hasHistoricalEvent → Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Greek Orthodox Church → separationEvent → East–West Schism ⓘ
Patriarch Athenagoras I → seeAlso → Great Schism ⓘ
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Photian Schism → followedBy → East–West Schism ⓘ
Photian Schism → chronologicallyBefore → East–West Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Michael I Cerularius → notableEvent → East–West Schism ⓘ
subject linked to: Patriarch Michael I Cerularius
Michael I Cerularius → seeAlso → East–West Schism ⓘ
subject linked to: Patriarch Michael I Cerularius
Dark Ages → associatedWith → Byzantine–Western divergence ⓘ
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joint Catholic–Orthodox declaration of 1965 → historicalContext → Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Council of Constantinople 867 → relatedTo → East–West Schism ⓘ
Papal legates of Pope Leo IX → contributedTo → East–West Schism ⓘ
Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida → event → East–West Schism ⓘ
Orthodox churches → majorSchism → East–West Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Christendom → historicalEvent → Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Byzantine–Latin conflicts → relatedTo → East–West Schism ⓘ
Filioque controversy → relatedToEvent → East–West Schism ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox countries → historicalEvent → Great Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Byzantine period → hasEvent → Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Acacian schism → relatedTo → East–West Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Covenant → internalConflict → Great Schism ⓘ
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Synod of 867 → relatedToEvent → East–West Schism ⓘ
Humbert of Silva Candida → participatedIn → East–West Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Humbertus Silvae-Candidae → participatedIn → East–West Schism of 1054 ⓘ
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Adversus Graecorum calumnias → relatedToEvent → Great Schism between East and West ⓘ
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Humbert of Moyenmoutier → historicalEvent → East–West Schism of 1054 ⓘ
linked to: East–West Schism
Fourteenth Ecumenical Council → aimedToAddress → East–West Schism ⓘ
Second Council of Lyon → hasSubject → East–West Schism ⓘ
subject linked to: Lyon II