Definition of Schisms. Meaning of Schisms. Synonyms of Schisms

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Definition of Schisms

Schism
Schism Schism, n. [OE. scisme, OF. cisme, scisme, F. schisme, L. schisma, Gr. schi`sma, fr. schi`zein to split; akin to L. scindere, Skr. chid, and prob. to E. shed, v.t. (which see); cf. Rescind, Schedule, Zest.] Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity. --Eikon Basilike.

Meaning of Schisms from wikipedia

- incites schism in an organization or who is a member of a splinter group. Schismatic as an adjective means pertaining to a schism or schisms, or to those...
- Orthodox schism may refer to: In the Eastern Orthodox churches One of three schisms between the Churches of Moscow and Constantinople 15th–16th century...
- The Western Schism, also known as the Papal Schism, the Great Occidental Schism, the Schism of 1378, or the Great Schism (Latin: Magnum schisma occidentale...
- article covers schisms in Christianity. In the early Christian church, the formation of a distinction between the concepts of "heresy" and "schism" began. In...
- Schism may also refer to: List of schisms in Christianity Meletian schism (4th century), a split involving the Patriarch of Antioch Nestorian Schism (431)...
- and Catholicism and can be seen as foundational causes for the schisms and Great Schism between East and West. The Orthodox Church does not accept the...
- Rome–Constantinople schism may refer to: Rome–Constantinople schism of 484, also known in Western sources as the Acacian Schism Rome–Constantinople schism of 863,...
- Look up Great Schism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Great Schism may refer to: East–West Schism, between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman...
- The Moscow–Constantinople schism refers to any of three schisms within the Eastern Orthodox Church wherein the Russian Orthodox Church (or one of its...
- In the Schism of Montaner (Italian: Scisma di Montaner) between 1967 and 1969, almost all residents of the Italian village of Montaner renounced Catholicism...