schismatic

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The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which didn’t recognize the authority of the Russian church and had been regarded as schismatic, was granted full recognition in 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Orthodoxy’s top authority.

From Seattle Times

“Until that step was taken, Kirill and everyone else could always refer to the various Ukrainian churches as schismatic,” Wanner said.

From Seattle Times

“People say if you don’t accept that, you’ll be in schism,” Burke said, when “my point would be the document is schismatic. I’m not.”

From New York Times

Two others in Ukraine were regarded as schismatic.

From Washington Post

It favors European integration and championed the independent church but the Moscow Patriarchate denounces it as schismatic.

From Reuters