Topic 1.3.6: The Great Schism Quiz

What is the definition of schism?

• A holy image used for prayer

• A great divide within the Christian world

• The highest Church official in Constantinople

• The celebration of the birth of Jesus

What is the source of faith in the western and eastern church?

• The Quran

• The Torah

• The Bible

• The Vedas

What role did the Byzantine emperor play in the Christian church?

• He controlled Church affairs and appointed the patriarch in the east

• He excommunicated the pope

• He restored the use of icons

• He celebrated Christmas as the most significant holy day

What were the official languages of the western and eastern church?

• Latin and Greek

• Greek and Hebrew

• Latin and Hebrew

• Greek and Latin

What are icons and how did they contribute to the divide?

• Holy images used for prayer that caused violent battles within the Byzantine empire

• Holy images used for prayer that were excommunicated by the pope

• Holy images used for prayer that led to the ban on the veneration of icons in the east

• Holy images used for prayer that were celebrated as the most significant holy day

What is excommunication and why is it significant?

• Excommunication is the permanent split between eastern and western Christianity

• Excommunication is the honoring of icons that violated God's commandment

• Excommunication is the highest Church official in Constantinople

• Excommunication is the act of cutting off someone from the Church, making them an outcast

What is the Great Schism?

• The ban on the veneration of icons

• The permanent split between eastern and western Christianity

• The claim of papal supremacy by the pope

• The appointment of the patriarch in Constantinople

What are the names of the Church in the West and the East?

• Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church

• Eastern Orthodox Church and Byzantine Christian Church

• Roman Catholic Church and Byzantine Christian Church

• Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Christian Church

How did Christians in the Byzantine empire respond to the Pope's claim of papal supremacy and authority over all Christians?

• They accepted the Pope's claim

• They rejected the Pope's claim

• They were indifferent

• This was not an issue at all in the schism.

How are Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism similar? How are they different?

• They both celebrate Christmas as the most significant holy day, but differ in their use of icons

• They both have a single leader, but differ in their rejection of the pope's claim of papal supremacy

• They both use Greek as the official language of the Church, but differ in their celebration of Easter

• They both follow the same faith, but differ in their Church leadership and recognition of high-ranking clergy