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It (politically) divided Europe into Avignon & Roman.
If you're referring to the first major Christian division, see weblink for "East-West Schism" on left..
The two religions are the two predominant religions today: Catholicism and Protestantism.
The Western Schism was a period from 1378 to 1417, when there were different people claiming to be pope, each with his own supporters. The governments of Western Europe were about evenly divided in their support, and the whole issue had very strong political ramifications. There is a link to an article on the Western Schism below.
The Roman Empire divided into the Western and Eastern, with the West centered in Rome, and the East centered in Constantinople, if you are talking about the Eastern Schism. The Great Schism in the Catholic Church usually refers to the Western Schism which divided European countries over who the true Pope was.
in the year 1054 AD
William M'Combie has written: 'The Christian church considered in relation to unity and schism' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Christian union, Schism, Church
Eastern Schism.
The schism in the Christian Church (A.D. 1054) brought about two groups - the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church in the East.
There were two events called the Great Schism, both of which happened in the Middle Ages. One was the East-West Schism, which divided the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches from each other, this happened in 1054. The other was the Western Schism, which divided the Roman Catholic Church into to factions, from 1378 to 1417.
The East-West Schism, or the Photian Schism (so named because it was provoked by Photius, the Archbishop of Constantinople).
Schism and Heresy are the two things that led to the scandal of a divided Christendom. The Eastern Orthodox Churches left and went into schism, officially, in 1054 A.D., the Old Catholics, and the Polish National Catholics went into schism after Vatican Council I, and the Society of St. Pius X is headed in that direction since Vatican Council II. On the heresy side, various priests, following Martin Luther, left the Christian Church in the sixteenth century and started their own religions which are collectively known as Protestantism. Some of these groups, those that have valid baptisms and still believe in the Nicene Creed (in its traditional interpretation) are Christians, individually, due to their baptism; and we acknowledge them as our separated brethren, although they do not enjoy sacramental graces as the Churches that are in schism do, due to a lack of a valid priesthood.