1. Church Division

2. SSWH4 The student will analyze the importance of the Byzantine and Mongol
empires between 450 CE and 1500 CE.
b. Describe the relationship between the Roman and Byzantine Empires; include the impact Byzantium had on Moscow and the Russian Empire, the effect of Byzantine culture on Tsar Ivan III and Kiev, and the rise of Constantinople as a center for law, religion, and the arts.
c. Explain the Great Schism of 1054 CE.

4. Things began to develop differently
Distance too much between East and West
Lack of contact
Different cultural practices

5. Eastern Church Followed early Church fathers Saint Basil-357
Wrote rules for life of monks
Describes how Christians should behave
Not be showy in clothing
Consume nothing beyond necessity
All men above himself

7. Eastern Church
Patriarch – leading bishop of the East, bowed to the emperor.
Belief in icons
Religious symbols
to aid in devotion

8. Western Church Papacy in total control—the Pope
Had rule over emperor and all bishops in empire

9. The Split Schism of 1054 Split
political conflicts
belief differences
Pope and patriarch both excommunicated each other (cast out from the church)
West = Roman Catholic = pope
East = Eastern Orthodox = patriarch

11. ASSIGNMENT
P. 305
Create your own Venn Diagram with the information about comparing 2 churches