schism
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Sure, go ahead and ask us to believe that John Wick’s lineage stretches back to Beowulf, the Battle of Hastings and the Great Schism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
Gelasius I is remembered, too, for his response to the Acacian Schism - a split between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches from 484 to 519.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025
Their meeting in Cuba in 2016 was the first between a pope and a Russian Orthodox patriarch since the Great Schism of 1054 divided Christianity into Eastern and Western branches.
From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2022
The Great Schism of 1054 split Christianity between the Western church, loyal to the pope in Rome, and the Eastern church in Constantinople.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2022
The Thirty-five Years' Schism between the East and West, § 52, 5. 492-496.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
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