Definition of Western schism. Meaning of Western schism. Synonyms of Western schism

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Definition of Western schism

Western schism
Greek schism (Eccl.), the separation of the Greek and Roman churches. Great schism, or Western schism (Eccl.) a schism in the Roman church in the latter part of the 14th century, on account of rival claimants to the papal throne. Schism act (Law), an act of the English Parliament requiring all teachers to conform to the Established Church, -- passed in 1714, repealed in 1719.

Meaning of Western schism from wikipedia

- 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...
- previously been a single religious body, such as the Great East–West Schism or the Western Schism. It is also used of a split within a non-religious organization...
- The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches...
- In Christianity, a schism occurs when a single religious body divides and becomes two separate religious bodies. The split can be violent or nonviolent...
- Catholic Church, beginning in 1054 Western Schism, a split within the Roman Catholic Church lasting from 1378 to 1417 Schism, a division between people, usually...
- December 1419) was Pisan antipope John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope, as he opposed Pope...
- Church; sometimes called The Great Schism Western Schism (1378–1417), a split within the Roman Catholic Church Schism of 1552 (1552), a split within the...
- by Pope Gregory XI. He sided with the obedience of Avignon in the Great Schism. He died on 8 November 1392. Cappelletti I, p. 473. Eubel I, pp. 21, no...
- influence in the High Middle Ages, but with the Avignon Papacy and the Western Schism, the city of Rome was reduced to irrelevance, its po****tion falling...
- (1362–1370) to Pope Martin V (1417–1431), encomp****ing the period of the Western Schism. A later recension of this continuation was expanded under Pope Eugene...