Eastern Schism (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Adrian Fortescue · 1913
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Most Eastern Christians were cut from union with the Catholic Church by the great quarrel known as the Eastern Schism. A Catholic Encyclopedia entry warns against picturing it as one sudden break after centuries of peace. Schisms ran through the East from the days of Diotrephes, and Arian, Nestorian, and Monophysite breaks still last. The Eastern Schism means the final parting that made the separated Orthodox Church.
Its remote preparation stretched over centuries of drift, rivalry, and misunderstanding, not one dispute alone. The entry points readers to Photius, Michael Caerularius, and the Council of Florence for the details. It closes by calling the schism not only the greatest but also the most needless evil in Christendom, a wound both sides might yet heal.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adrian Fortescue |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |