The Great Schism

When did the Great Schism happen?

• In 958.

• In 1054.

• In 1596.

• In 1964.

What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

What was the capital of the Western Roman Empire?

What was the other name used for the Eastern Roman Empire?

When was the Roman Empire divided into two parts?

• In 395.

• In 968.

• In 1054.

• In 1964.

During the Great Schism which church believed that the Holy Spirit derived from both the Son and the Father?

• The Roman Catholic Church.

• The Eastern Orthodox Church.

How long did it take for the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church to lift the excommunications after the Great Schism?

• Approx. 50 years.

• Approx. 500 years.

• Approx. 900 years.

Choose the descriptions which apply to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

• The Byzantine Empire.

• Lead by the Roman Pope.

• Opposed the supreme authority of the Pope.

• Orthodoxism.

• Lead by the Patriarch of Constantinople.

True or false? The Roman Empire was divided into two because of religious differences.

• True

• False

True or false? The Catholic Church was the Church of the Western Roman Empire.

• True

• False