The Great Schism: A Historical Divide

What was the Great Schism of 1054 CE?

• A formal separation between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church

• A war between the Eastern and Western Roman Empires

• The beginning of the Byzantine Iconoclasm

• The coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans

Which controversy was a major theological dispute contributing to the Great Schism?

• The Filioque controversy

• The use of religious imagery

• The coronation of Charlemagne

• The Pope's claim to universal jurisdiction

What was the Eastern Church's stance on the 'Filioque' addition to the Nicene Creed?

• They rejected it, arguing the Holy Spirit proceeds solely from the Father

• They accepted it as a necessary addition

• They were indifferent to the change

• They proposed a different addition

Who was excommunicated by Cardinal Humbert in 1054 CE?

• Patriarch Michael I Cerularius

• Pope Leo IX

• Charlemagne

• Pope Leo III

What was one of the consequences of the Great Schism?

• The development of two distinct branches of Christianity

• The reunification of the Eastern and Western churches

• The end of the Byzantine Empire

• The beginning of the Protestant Reformation

What did the Eastern Church reject regarding the Pope's authority?

• The Pope's claim to universal jurisdiction

• The Pope's role in the Byzantine Iconoclasm

• The Pope's support for religious imagery

• The Pope's coronation of Charlemagne

What event in 800 CE intensified tensions between the Eastern and Western Churches?

• The coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans

• The Byzantine Iconoclasm

• The mutual excommunication of 1054 CE

• The addition of 'Filioque' to the Nicene Creed

Label the split in Christianity in 1054.

a

b

Eastern Orthodox

Roman Catholic

Judaism

Islam

The ​ (a)   was a split between ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   that occurred in 1054.

• Great Schism
• Roman Catholic Churches
• Byzantine Churches
• Muslim Churches
• German Churches
• The Pope

The Great Schism was

• when the church split into Eastern Orthodox and Catholicism

• When the church split between Jews and Christians

• When Martin Luther voiced his complaints about the Catholic Church

• Henry VIII order the formation of the Anglican Church