What churches were created from the split of the Roman Catholic Church?

Answer 1

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The "Great Schism" of the Rome based Christian Church developed between the Western and Eastern Christian churches in 1054 CE. Until that time, Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism were branches of the same "One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church" with Rome as its seat of power and the Pope as its leader. The formal split that occurred officially in 1054 was the result of long-standing tensions over the Roman church's claim to universal authority as well as a mix of religious, cultural and political differences.

The final battle occurred when the Eastern church patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius, refused to allow the Pope, Leo IX, to have authority over the Eastern branch of the church. Cerularius strongly condemned the Western Church for some of its practices. In 1054, a delegation led by Cardinal Humbert was sent from Rome to Constantinople. The meetings were a complete disaster that resulted in the excommunication of Cerularius. He convened his bishops, excommunicated many of them who chose to follow Rome, excommunicated the Pope, and the Eastern Orthodox Church was officially founded with Constantinople as its seat of power.

After the collapse of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, the Eastern Orthodox Church, except for Russia, came under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Turks. After the end of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century, independent churches arose. Although they retain their communion with one another they remain independent.

During the latter half of the twentieth century overtures were made toward reconciliation and a series of meetings brought the two churches closer together although they remain separate and distinct. You can read more about the Great Schism and other schisms in Christendom at the links provided below.

The Protestant Reformation resulted in a split of the Western Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. In 1517 CE Martin Luther drafted an official protest to the practice of the unrestricted sale of Indulgences: the remission of punishment due for sins committed and the pardoning of guilt. Rome had been using the selling of Indulgences to build its treasury for centuries. The Protestant Reformers attacked other church practices including the belief in purgatory, devotion to Mary and the saints, many of the sacraments, celibacy for the clergy and the authority of the Pope.

The Protestant reformation brought about two different types of Christianity: the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant churches. Several traditions emerged from the Protestant branch. You can read more about them at the link provided below.

Answer 2

The Protestant churches, such as the Anglicans, Episcopalians, Lutherans.