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The phrase '''The Great [[Schism]]''' is used to mean two different things Catholic and Orthodox Churches Schism & First Western Schism:

The phrase '''The Great [[Schism]]''' is used to mean two different things Catholic and Orthodox Churches Schism & First Western Schism:

==Catholic and Orthodox Churches Great Schism==

==Catholic and Orthodox Churches Great Schism==

The [[East-West Schism]] of 1054 was the separation of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and Western ("[[Roman Catholic]]") branches of the Christian Church. Which basically created two churches. The "First Among Equals" title was lost by the Roman Pope and given to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople who is the leader of most of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches since 1054. Publicly the dispute centered on the '''[[Apostles'_Creed |Apostles' Creed]]''' <ref>[https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=220 Apostles' Creed]</ref> which was updated into two versions(Eastern vs Western) of the '''[[ Nicene_Creed | Nicene Creed]]''' <ref>[https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe RC version Nicene Creed]</ref>; the RC Church starting in the 1960s to often use the undisputed Apostles' Creed again. Most Orthodox churches also support the rule that bishops acting together can order a superior bishop/patriarch/pope to retire as form of discipline; this rule was dropped by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<br> Over two-thirds of Christians sided with the Pope in 1054. The larger Roman Catholic has had major Schisms since then see Western Schisms below. However, the smaller Orthodox Churches since each one is Autocephalous (autonomous) never a major Schism and are still united under the Ecumenical Patriarch.<br> Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, in 1965, lifted the mutual excommunications <ref>https://www.goarch.org/-/50th-commemoration-of-the-common-lifting-of-anathemas-between-the-orthodox-and-roman-catholic-churches</ref> that had been imposed during the Great Schism of 1054, marking a significant step towards reconciliation. However, this act did not restore full communion between the [[Roman_Catholic_Church |Catholic]] and [[Orthodox_Church |Orthodox Churches]].

The [[East-West Schism]] of 1054 was the separation of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and Western ("[[Roman Catholic]]") branches of the Christian Church. Which basically created two churches. The "First Among Equals" title was lost by the Roman Pope and given to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople who is the leader of most of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches since 1054. Publicly the dispute centered on the '''[[Apostles'_Creed |Apostles' Creed]]''' <ref>[https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=220 Apostles' Creed]</ref> which was updated into two versions(Eastern vs Western) of the '''[[ Nicene_Creed | Nicene Creed]]''' <ref>[https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe RC version Nicene Creed]</ref>; the RC Church starting in the 1960s to often use the undisputed Apostles' Creed again. Most Orthodox churches also support the rule that bishops acting together can order a superior bishop/patriarch/pope to retire as form of discipline; this rule was dropped by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<br> Over two-thirds of Christians sided with the Pope in 1054. The larger Roman Catholic has had major Schisms since then see Western Schisms below. However, the smaller Orthodox Churches since each one is Autocephalous (autonomous) never a major Schism and are still united under the Ecumenical Patriarch.<br> '''Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I, in 1965, lifted the mutual excommunications''' <ref>https://www.goarch.org/-/50th-commemoration-of-the-common-lifting-of-anathemas-between-the-orthodox-and-roman-catholic-churches</ref> that had been imposed during the Great Schism of 1054, marking a significant step towards reconciliation. However, this act did not restore full communion between the [[Roman_Catholic_Church |Catholic]] and [[Orthodox_Church |Orthodox Churches]]. '''In Nov 2025 Pope Leo XIV joined Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I''' met at the site in modern-day Turkey where their predecessors met 17 centuries earlier to affirm and codify the core tenets of the Christian faith<ref>https://www.theblaze.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-eastern-orthodox-patriarch-signal-greater-unity-at-site-where-nicaean-creed-was-adopted-1700-years-ago</ref>.

==Western Schisms==

==Western Schisms==