East–West Schism
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The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1054. A series of ecclesiastical
Hagia Sophia, the cathedral of Constantinople at the time of the schism
Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine (centre) and the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381
The division between the Eastern and Western Churches
Commemorative tablet of Catholic-Orthodox prayer at Saint Peter's Basilica, commemorating the meetings held between Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras in 1967, and between Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople in 1987.
Pentarchy
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Pentarchy was a model of Church organization formulated in the laws of Emperor Justinian I of the Roman Empire. In this model, the Christian Church is governed by the heads of the five major episcopal
East–West Schism
…Charlemagne as emperor of the Romans in 800, the pope's claim to universal jurisdiction, and the place of the See of Constantinople in relation to the pentarchy. Although 1054 has become conventional, various scholars have proposed different dates for the Great Schism, including 1009, 1204, 1277, and 1484. The…
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