Christianity in the 11th century is marked primarily by the Great Schism of the Church, which formally divided the State church of the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western branches.
Medallion of Christ from Constantinople, c. 1100.
Henry IV at the gate of Canossa, by August von Heyden
Victorious Byzantine cataphracts pursuing the fleeing Bulgarian heavy cavalry, from the Madrid Skylitzes
The Second Ecumenical Council whose additions to the original Nicene Creed lay at the heart of one of the theological disputes associated with the East-West Schism. (Illustration, 879-882 AD, from manuscript, Homilies of Gregory Nazianzus, Bibliothèque nationale de France)
The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.
Christianity in the 11th century
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An engraving of St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (now Lyon, France)
Emperor Constantine I established the rights of the Church in the year 315.
Saint Benedict, father of Western monasticism and author of Rule of St Benedict. Detail from fresco by Fra Angelico, c. 1437–46.
Saint Thomas Aquinas carrying the whole Church with his theology