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The Great Schism
Causes of the 1054 split of the Christian (Western and Eastern Church)
Slide2Early Christianity
Possibly as for the 1st century CE Christians were a sect of JudaismChurch centres on the concept that Jesus was God’s son and was sent to earth, was crucified and then ascended into heaven
Slide3Today
Three Main branches of ChristianityRoman CatholicEastern OrthodoxProtestants
Slide4Byzantine Empire
Slide5Tension Rises
Diocletian divides the empire into two Eastern (Constantinople) and Western (Rome)730 CE Byzantine Emperor Leo III banned the use of icons, Why?What is an icon?
Slide6Norman Invasion
Around 1020, the Normans (or Vikings) invaded the Southern half of Italy.Pope Leo IX of Rome tried to defeat the Normans but lost.The Normans captured the Pope and began closing down churches in the Southern half of Italy, which was controlled by the Byzantine Empire.
Slide7Tension Rises
The Byzantine churches spoke Greek and had different customs than the Roman church. The Normans made the churches they conquered use Latin rituals.Emperor in the east made the Latin churches over there use Eastern customs.
Slide8The Division
Eastern churches did not like how the Pope of Rome claimed himself to be the head of the Christian church. The Eastern church believed the patriarch (bishop) of Constantinople should be the head.In 1054, the Western Church added the filioque to their creed which included the “Holy Spirit” in the Christian Trinity.
Slide9Divisive Solution
In 1054, Pope Leo IX of Rome and the Patriarch/Bishop of Constantinople decided to excommunicate each other.Excommunication a person is not allowed to receive sacraments and have no hope of entering heaven, according to Christian beliefs.
Slide10Creation of Orthodox Christianity
The result of the 1054 Schism --division between the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Church.Orthodox means dedication to the traditional faith.The Eastern church believed they followed traditional Christian beliefs unlike the Roman church they viewed Roman Church as greedy and too close to Judaism.
Michael
Cerularius
Slide11Eastern Orthodox Beliefs
Eastern Orthodox Christians are not considered Apostolic (key word “apostle) because they don’t follow the divinity of St. Peter.
They do not recognize the supremacy of the Pope.
The two churches have never gotten back together but did reconcile their differences in the 1900s.
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The Great Schism
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