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The phrase '''The Great Schism''' is used to mean two different things:

The phrase '''The Great Schism''' is used to mean two different things:

*The ''East-West Schism of 1054 was the separation of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and Western ("Roman Catholic") branches of the Catholic Church.

*The ''East-West Schism'' of 1054 was the separation of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] and Western ("[[Roman Catholic]]") branches of the Christian Church.

 

*The ''Western Schism'' (1378-1417) was an argument within the Roman Catholic Church resulting in French cardinals electing an "[[antipope]]" (Clement VII of Avignon, France) in order to dispute the authority of the recently elected Pope Urban VI. In 1409, a third antipope (John XXIII) existed in Pisa, Italy. <ref>Catholic Encyclopedia 1913, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13539a.htm</ref> This and other controversies set the stage for the Protestant Reformation.

 

[[category:christian History]]

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