Great Schism of 1054 East-West Schism: split between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches relations were strained because of distance and language barrier

c. Explain the Great Schism of 1054 CE c. Explain the Great Schism of 1054 CE. Divided the Christian Church into two: Eastern Orthodox and Western Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox: -led from Constantinople -Greek based -Clergy can marry -Rejects the Pope’s authority Western Roman Catholic: -Pope in Rome -Latin based

Doctrinal East West Patriarch and other bishops head the Church as a group Pope has authority over all other bishops

Theological East West Priests may be married Divorce is allowed under certain conditions Priests may not marry Divorce is not permitted

Linguistic East West Greek speaking Eastern Latin speaking Western

Political East West Byzantine emperor claims authority over the patriarch and other bishops of the empire in the West Pope claims all authority over all kings and emperors

Geographical East West Asia Minor and the Balkans in the Eastern Italy in the Western distance allowed for the churches to develop differently

The Events The Crisis: the Roman Pope claimed to hold authority over the four Eastern patriarchs the four eastern patriarchs claimed the Patriarch of Rome was only honorary believed he had authority only over Western Christians Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael I excommunicated each other

The Events The Result: led to the split of the Christian church led to the development of the modern Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches