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The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches split during the schism in 1054.
This was done during the Great Schism in which the Eastern and Western Churches excommunicated each other.
The great schism resulted from a conflict between the Catholic and the Orthodox Churches.
The East–West Schism, commonly referred to as the Great Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between what are now the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, which began in the 11th century and continues.
The Eastern and Western churches spoke different languages.
Foreign culture influences African Christians by promoting schism of churches and mushrooming of other smaller churches from the mainstream churches.
You're thinking of the Eastern Schism, sometimes called the Great Schism, but in the Catholic Church, the Great Schism refers to the Western Schism in the 15th century, not the Eastern Schism in the 11th century.
Christianity became divided into two distinct churches.
it divided the roman catholic church which lead to protestant churches
the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church
Schism means to break or split from, and in the case of 16th century England then I presume you are referring to the break from Rome and the Roman Catholic Faith. This resulted in the creation of the Church of England which later became Protestantism. However do not think that a new religion was formed, as the split from Rome was simply making Henry VIII not only the secular head of England but also the spiritual head of state. The main religion remained Christianity, however it was closer to the ideals of the Humanists who wanted the Church to become purer, focusing on the spirituality of religion, without the need of ornate churches, and a corrupt papal court. (Remember this is a very brief overview and the real history is a lot more complicated, and an in depth analysis of the situation would end up as an essay).
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.