What are the effects of the church split in the Modern Church?

Answer 1

Compliments of Earl Russell Carter.

Answer 2

There were two churches.

Often, splits from the Church were fueled by pride on both sides with doctrine often used as an excuse. Many times those who would reform or emphasize a doctrine have become impatient at the slow pace of the Church's scrutiny as well as the perceived neglect shown them or their cause when they perceive it as a pressing issue and thus, the would-be reformer takes aggressive action. Many times Church officials, for their part, often become annoyed or react immediately against such actions by treating the person or cause antagonistically and alienating the person who usually has a legitimate compliant or question. The result is often a breakdown, such as resulted in the Orthodox split over the "filioque" (ultimately an error in translation) and The Protestant Reformation (Luther's impatience combined with the Church's annoyance).

The result of such splits are immediate:

New authority arises. With the vacuum left from the absence of the pope down to basic priests, humans seek to organize. Even though many denominations claim they have no spiritual authorities, humans instinctively construct hierarchies among themselves. The Orthodox took their own popes or spiritual patriarchs and the Protestants established leaders.

New doctrine arises. Many splits are over doctrinal points or questions that become defined by both sides in the aftermath. As well, doctrines need to be established in order to justify the position and even existence of the position. It is often the new leader who defines why he/she split and this reason becomes the doctrinal principle of the religious body.

New splits occur. A split is a revolution, that is, the rejection of an established hierarchy or position. Revolutions are horrible in that they break down the social order. The revolutionary often seeks to halt the revolution once their goals have been established and so tries to introduce social stability again. However, without the authority or organization in place, others that have joined the revolution tear down the original revolutionary and either take his/her place or take the revolution to a new direction. The French Revolution is an excellent example of this: "The revolution eats its own children". Protestantism was especially susceptible to this as it is today since most of its manifestations do not emphasize any organization or spiritual hierarchy outside private interpretation of the scriptures. Practically speaking, for every interpretation there is a new denomination, and thus Protestantism continues to fragment to this day.

Answer 3

"There's nothing of the effect of the Gift of Tongues to the church because the Gift of Tongues is the gift of the Lord."

Answer 4

denominations; misunderstandings; hatreds; wars.