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The Great schism

2. Great schism: General information
As the Christian church grew throughout the Roman world, the challenges the church faced changed:
Church leaders became politically powerful
The church struggled to keep believers unified on many arguments about their beliefs:
Source of the Holy Spirit
Should communion be served with unleavened bread
The power of the Pope
Icons

3. Great schism: General information
Step 1:
Patriarch (church leader) of Constantinople orders all Latin-speaking churches to be shut down.
Step 2:
The Pope (in Rome) sent representatives to Constantinople demanding that the Patriarch to recognize the authority of the Pope and the church in Rome.
Step 3:
The Patriarch refused, and the Pope’s representatives excommunicated him (kicked him out of the church).

4. Western vs. Eastern Church
Roman catholic church
Eastern orthodox church
Capital : Rome
Had been the capital of the Empire and Christianity had flourished there.
Leadership: Pope
Claimed universal jurisdiction over all matters dealing with the Christian church
Capital: Constantinople
Had been the capital of the first Roman Emperor to embrace Christianity
Leadership: Patriarch
Seen as the first among orthodox bishops = does not claim as much power as the Pope
Western vs. Eastern Church

5. Western vs. Eastern Church
Roman catholic church
Eastern orthodox church
Western vs. Eastern Church

6. Western vs. Eastern Church
Roman catholic church
Eastern orthodox church
Language:
Continued to use Latin as the church’s official language
Beliefs:
Icons:
The RCC believed that objects called Icons that held religious importance could be honored without being worshipped
Language:
Since the majority of Christians in the East did not speak Latin, the church began to use Greek.
Beliefs:
Icons:
The EOC believed that any honor paid to “icons” was a form of idolatry (worshipping false gods).
Western vs. Eastern Church

7. Great schism – check for understanding
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8. Great Schism – Terms to know

9. Great Schism The split of the Catholic Church in 1054: Causes:
West = Roman Catholic Church (Rome)
East = Eastern Orthodox Church (Constantinople)
Causes:
Disagreement over the power of the Pope
Disagreement over the use of icons in the church

10. Pope Leader of the Catholic / Roman Catholic Church.
Has “universal jurisdiction” over all matters dealing with the church.
Authority not recognized by the Eastern Orthodox Church

11. Patriarch Leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church
Not as powerful as the Catholic Pope
Seen as first among the Orthodox bishops, so his power is limited.
Authority not recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

12. Icons
Images (statues, paintings, murals etc.) of religious events or figures that were incorporated into Catholic church practices.
Eastern Orthodox Christians opposed this practice as a form of idol worship.
One of the main causes of the Great Schism

13. Effects of the great schism
Iconoclasm
Effects of the great schism

14. In defense of Icons (RCC Argument)
“Now, in order that perfection be represented before the eyes of all people, even in paintings, we ordain that from now on Christ our God, the Lamb who took upon Himself the sins of the world, be set up, even in images according to His human character, instead of the ancient Lamb.  Through this figure we realize the height of the humiliation of God the Word and are led to remember His life in the flesh, His suffering, and His saving death, and the redemption ensuing from it for the world.” 
Justinian II (692 AD)

15. Against Icons (Argument)
“The divine nature is completely uncircumscribable and cannot be depicted or represented in any medium whatsoever.  The word Christ means both God and Man, and an icon of Christ would therefore have to be an image of God in the flesh of the Son of God. But this is impossible.  The artist would fall either into the heresy which claims that the divine and human natures of Christ are separate or into that which holds that there is only one nature of Christ.” 
Statement from the Council of Hiera (754 AD)