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Great Schism

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Great Schism
n
1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) the breach between the Eastern and Western churches, usually dated from 1054
2. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) the division within the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1429, during which rival popes reigned at Rome and Avignon
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Noun1.Great Schism - the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman Catholic Church, one in Rome and one in Avignon
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy


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Nevertheless, the patriarchate leads the global Orthodox communion in its negotiations with other churches, including the Catholic Church, with whom it has been attempting reconciliation in recent years, not a few centuries after the Great Schism of 1054.
Visiting Turkey, pope seeks to improve relations with Muslims, ... by Gorvett, Jon / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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In the eyes of the ODCC, it was "more important for its practical than its theological results, being the last step towards the great schism between East and West before the actual breach, the ground prepared for the final separation between the Independent Church of the West and the Church of the Byzantine Empire.
Later heresies by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
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