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.
The East-West Schism, or the Photian Schism (so named because it was provoked by Photius, the Archbishop of Constantinople).
Schism is an English word that means:A separation or division into factions.A formal breach of union within a Christian church.The offense of attempting to produce such a breach.Disunion; discord.
The Greek Orthodox Church is one of the oldest Christian traditions, tracing its roots back to the early Christian communities in Byzantium in the first century AD. It officially became separate from the Roman Catholic Church in 1054 with the Great Schism.
Western Schism
We do not know when the first schism in the Christian Church occurred. Even in the time of Saint Paul, he talks of opponents and those who taught a "different Christ". By the beginning of the second century, and probably earlier, Christianity was divided along two major lines: what is sometimes now called the proto-Catholic-Orthodox Church and the Gnostic Churches. Marcion made his break from Rome in the middle of the second century. The split of the Coptic Church from the Catholic-Orthodox Church occurred in 451 CE. The Great Schism of 1054 separated the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The Western Schism of the fourteenth century temporarily split the Catholic Church. The Protestant Reformation was the next major schism, in the sixteenth century.
If you're referring to the first major Christian division, see weblink for "East-West Schism" on left..
The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches split during the schism in 1054.
Alexios I Komnenos was an Orthodox Christian, as he was born after the Great Schism of 1054 and as Emperor was the temporal head of the Orthodox Church.
In 1054, the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity formally split, leading to the establishment of Catholicism in the West and Orthodoxy in the East. This event is known as the Great Schism.