When part of a church breaks away to follow other rules, it's referred to historically as a 'schism'.
The Puritans sought to break with the Church of England when they came to the New World. They believed the church was still too similar to the Roman Catholic Church and wanted to establish a more strictly Protestant and purified form of worship in their new colony.
A church is thought to be the temple of the devil. Of course it depends on your religion.
The central part of a church is called an altar. This is a sacred part of the church and the place from which the sermons are preached.
The room is called a sanctuary, the seats are called pews
A church tower is called a steeple. It is often a tall structure, typically located at the front of the church building, and may contain bells or a clock.
The Great Schism
The main break in the Western Church was between the Catholics and the Protestants.
They were called loyalists or tories.
The Church of England did not break away from the Eastern Orthodox Church, it broke from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534.
During the Puritan reform of the Church of England, some churches did not conform with the structure and practices of the established state church and were called Nonconformist churches. The Congregational Church was considered a non-conforming church.
He took over the church the new church was called the Church of England and people didnt like it one bit. Just when did Henry take over a new Church? What was its name and where was its cathedral situated? There was only one Church in England and that was the Catholic Church in England
In the early 1600's religious group called the Separatists called for the total break with the church of England. They thought it was too much like the Catholic Church. The pilgrims were a Separatist group. King James attacked them for rejecting England's official church.
Actually, the Lutheran Church did not technically "break off" from the Catholic Church. The Lutheran Church was made up out of whole cloth by the princes of northern Germany in 1517, I believe.
.Catholic AnswerThe Lutheran Ecclesial Community did not "break away" from the Catholic Church. It was founded by Martin Luther, a heretic who left the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century and was excommunicated.
its called the church of love.
The church did not agree with the Pope.And so broke up.
Christians did not break away from the Catholic Church, they remained Christians, protestants broke away from the Catholic Church in the 16th century.