What was the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox called?

Answer 1

The break between the Orthodox churches and Rome is called the Great Schism. This means breakage or split and implies internal violence- like the words schizophrenia- split personality disorder, and not too removed from Seismic- dealing with earthquake shocks. It was a Big shock in l054. a Massive Nebula was also discovered in that year and was visible in Daylight in the Middle East- I believe it was the Crab Nebula, might have been then forming as a Nova of a spent star. Coincidence indeed.

Answer 2

Catholic AnswerThere is no "Roman Catholic Church". It’s just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. The split between the Orthodox Churches and the Catholic Church is called the Eastern Schism by the Catholic Church. The Great Schism, in Catholic parlance, refers to the Western Schism otherwise known as the Avignon Papacy.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

The Schism of the East: the estrangement and severance from the Holy See of what is now called the Orthodox Eastern Church was a gradual process extending over centuries. After a number of minor schisms the first serious, though short, break was that of Photius; from then on tension between East and West increased, and the schism of Cerularius occurred in 1054. From then on the breach gradually widened and has been definitive since 1472. There was a formal union from the 2nd Council of Lyons in 1274 until 1282, and a more promising one after the Council of Florence from 1439 to 1472. After the capture of Constantinople it was in the Turkish interest to reopen and widen the breach with the powerful Roman church; the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were dragged into this policy, Russia and the Slav churches stood out the longest of any: none of these churches, except Constantinople itself in 1472, formally and definitely broke away from the unity of the Church. But in the course of centuries the schism has set and crystallized into a definite separation from the Holy See of many million people with a true priesthood and valid sacraments. The origins, causes and development of the schism are matters of much complication, still not fully unraveled.

from

Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Separation of the Christian Churches of the East from unity with Rome. The schism was centuries in the making and finally became fixed in 1054, when the Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularisu (died 1059), was excommunicated by the papal legates for opposing the use of leavened bread by the Latin Church and removing the Pope’s name from the diptychs or list of persons to be prayed for in the Eucharistic liturgy. A temporary reunion with Rome was effected by the Second Council of Lyons (1274) and the Council of Florence (1439) but never stabilized

Answer 3

The Catholic Church is the Body of Christ (see St. Paul). As such, it is impossible for it to "split". Dissident and heretical groups can leave the Church, and the Eastern Church has refused to acknowledge the papacy as the Vicar of Christ for a millennium, but the Catholic Church is incapable of "splitting", we have God's guarantee on that.

Answer 4

Catholic AnswerThe Split between what is now called the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church is called the Schism of the East. Many mistakenly call it the Great Schism, but the latter refers to the time in the Church when the papacy moved to France, and there were two or three claimants to the papal throne at the same time.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

The Schism of the East the estrangement and severance from the Holy See of what is now called the Orthodox Eastern Church was a gradual process extending over centuries. After a number of minor schisms the first serious, though short, break was that of Photius; from then on tension between East and West increased, and the schism of Cerularius occurred in 1054. From then on the breach gradually widened and has been definitive since 1472. There was a formal union from the 2nd Council of Lyons in 1274 until 1282, and a more promising one after the Council of Florence from 1439 to 1472. After the capture of Constantinople it was in the Turkish interest to reopen and widen the breach with the powerful Roman church; the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were dragged into this policy, Russia and the Slav churches stood out the longest of any: none of these churches, except Constantinople itself in 1472, formally and definitely broke away from the unity of the Church. But in the course of centuries the schism has set and crystallized into a definite separation from the Holy See of many million people with a true priesthood and valid sacraments. The origins, causes and development of the schism are matters of much complication, still not fully unraveled.

Answer

The year 1054 AD is generally regarded as the final date of the split in the Universal Church.

From 1054 the Western Christians became known as Roman Catholics and the Eastern Christians became known as the Orthodox Church.

Answer 5

It is called the Great Schism or the Great Eastern Schism

Answer 6

It was called the Great Schism