The Great Schism of 1054 that occurred in the Catholic Church has left a once united people

The Protestant Reformation of the Catholic Church devastated the religious unity of Christian Europe, resulting in a great deal of antagonism, which in turn led to the persecutions, denial of civil rights, expulsion, and ultimately the torture and death of many men, women and children. The ongoing conflict was not consigned to one distinct European nation, but was experienced in every European nation that the Catholic Church ruled and reigned. There was no worldview in Europe at that time that allowed for the religious differences of men to coexist peaceably.

The Great Papal Schism is also known as the Western Schism that lasted from 1378 – 1417, during which the papacy (the position itself) was in great divide between three popes in the Roman Catholic Church. This political upheaval within the Roman Catholic Church caused distrust of the western civilization towards the church. It began after the Avignon Papacy or the more commonly referred to, “Babylonian captivity of the papacy” which was when the papal court was moved to France and French cardinals who later became popes from 1309-1378 resided in Avignon, France (a total of seven French popes by the papal names Clement V all the way to Gregory XI, who moved the court back to Rome) while being heavily influenced by the French kings; this also resulted to the decline of the papal power and authority (Miller, Study.com).

The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic, are two variations of the same religion, that due to some disagreements over certain ideas and religious teachings leads to the great Schism in 1054 AD. The great schism of 1054 refers to the final separation of the Eastern Orthodox church, led by the patriarch in Constantinople and the western church, led by Pope Leo IX. The estrangement between the Orthodox and Roman church, happened gradually over the course of the 5th and much of the 11th century. The reasons of the Schism are attributed to several differences between the two churches. The religious and doctrinal studies of the East, had roots in Greek philosophy, while the Western studies closely followed Roman law. Misunderstandings between the two churches then led to two separate ways of defining one doctrine, which would initiate the split. The doctrine in question, procession of the Holy Spirit, where without consulting the East the Roman churches added “and from the Son” to the Nicene Creed. This was not the only thing the two churches clashed on. The eastern church resented the forced clerical celibacy, political jealousies and interests only intensified the disputes. There had been schisms before but not ones that were permanent. While there may have been hopes for a reconciliation, the eastern Greeks were infuriated by the Latin capture of Constantinople in 1204 A.D. After this, any pleas from the west concerning reunion were rejected. (“Schism of 1054”)

One of the assigned readings that struck me was “The Great Schism”. It describes how and why Christianity split into Eastern Orthodoxy and Western Roman Catholicism branches. The main reasons that the East-West schism occurred were cultural, political and geographical. It corrected my misunderstanding concerning the situations that led to the split between the Eastern and Western Christendom. I was surprised to learn about some reasons that could play such a big role in diving the two branches.

Eventually tensions eased following the events of World War II, “especially after the Japanese threat to the nation [...] united Australians who were previously divided by denominational and ethnic boundaries.” (Reid, n.d) Further endeavours sparked by Vatican II enhanced ecumenical cooperation between the two denominations which would ultimately lead to the harmonious attitudes that all Catholics and Protestants promote today.

After researching, the Roman Catholic church and the Westeren Orrthodox church facts compile on the the thought that the several splits between the two and attitudes towards each other could not be resolved. Issues arised because of language barrier, opinions, and intolerance. This theisis will explain facts to prove the strong aversion, and ultimately the split.

Like religion,leadership or community there will be problems’ Though the church has had them and was a corrupt in the 1500’s many people spoke out on it and it became better because of it. The faithful of the catholic church want to help it improve thus we see the effects of it. Many pope’s too and the others of the magisterium.have helped the church become more friendly to those who were an already established catholic and maybe those who wanted to become one. The Second Vatican majorly changed how mass was celebrated and made it more community like as a result. Even now with our current pope, Pope francis we can see him being an icon of peace through his actions as he goes to many places to meet directly with people who may be suffering and as he speaks out on issues that are going on in the world like global warming. The church has changed throughout the years but events from the past and now show that there is hope for the catholic church’s

Finally, the last concept that is crucial to the change in Europe during 14th century Europe is the Great Schism. The Great Schism represented a division between the church due to 3 individuals each claiming papacy and accusing the others of heresy. There were significant reforms that occurred in the church due to this event. Initially, to solve the of having multiple popes an agreement was made at the Council of Constance to practice conciliarism. However, this concept was ultimately undermined by Pope Martin. The major result of the Great Schism was the growth of national churches. Before the Great Schism, the pope had more power over the rulers and their domains. However, after the Great Schism, Popes were forced to surrender their power

A schism is when is split between a religion or organisation is split due to their differing opinions. This is exactly what has happened with orthodox and reformism. This schism occurred when a group of congregants in Germany began to realise that Judaism was being left behind in religious development to combat this they decided that some of the ancient traditions have no longer become relevant for modern day society. Out of fear that the entire religion would be lost to the ages they began reforming the religion in certain aspects to assure it position in the

The Avignon papacy was the papacy that was strongly under French influence because most of the cardinals in the papacy were French. The papacy needed to prove themselves politically and economically. They needed to pull off political schemes and sell regretful services. The relationship the Avignon papacy had to the Great Schism was, at that time, the French cardinals wanted to go back to Avignon; they then elected two popes to run the papacy. The second pope that was elected was a French cardinal. HOW DID THE CHURCH BECOME DIVIDED? To unite the church, one Pope tried to win mutual cession between both Popes while the other Pope tried to secure the resignation of the one in favor. Finally, the church came to an agreement and it was reunited

Before the Vatican II the Catholic Church was an aging dinosaur, still crippled by the Reformation and unable to relate to contemporary man. It emerged from it a modern Church, tolerant and accepting of other religions,

The Great Schism of 1378 was caused when the papal court, which was based in Rome, elected an Italian Pope named Pope Urban VI. The French cardinals refused to accept the Italian Pope so they announced that his election was invalid and elected a new Pope, Pope Clement VII. Urban VI began to show absence in self control when he criticized the cardinals for their luxury and laziness and when he revealed his plan of reforming the Church. Urban VI’s violent and abusive treatment towards the cardinals caused them to fear for their lives and believe he was mentally ill; this lead to the turn against the cardinals to abandon Rome. “At Anagni on August 2 the dissidents published a manifesto in which they pronounced his election null and void, on the ground that pressure from the Romans had made a free election impossible”(Great Western Schism). When they took away the position as Pope from Urban they elected his rival which was Clement VII.

Your forum is a very good read and I really enjoyed the sequential analysis given. I agree with you that the Great Schism is the separation of Christianity and the result of a dispute of authority. According to Walton (2005), the American Baptist tree is a child-like example (chart 119) of what the Prophet Hose 4:6 says “the priest who rejected knowledge, the people will be destroyed and their children will not be remembered because of the forsaking of the order of God.” We find from chart 119 that beginning from1639- to the present, the Great Schisms. For example, Roger Williams was ordained in the Anglican Church but moved towards Separatism because he seeks liberty of conscience. Meaning he was opposed to the American Revolution because of the oath of loyalty to King sacred according to scripture” (Walton, 2005, chart 101). Similar, to both the Latins and Greeks implying each should submit to the adopting of the others belief.

The biggest disagreement between Eastern Orthodox and Western Roman Catholic church was, who was in charge. Serious arguments about how churches were to be run.

Do you see this as a net gain, or loss, for the Christian community? I see that the caused of the "Great Schism" is no gain but a loss for the Christian community as a whole. I believe the primary motive for the great schism comes from selfishness, pride, power, and greed that creates political upheaval and cultural differences. The division that comes from the primary purpose since the beginning is to steal, kill, and destroy the truth of the Christian community from preaching the Gospel. Many Christians leaders like Saint Augustine, converted their lives to do what is right to established God's purpose, and to preach the Gospel.