The Pope did not follow her advice and lost the allegiance of the cardinals. Declaring that he had not been validly elected, they returned to Avignon to elect another pope. This was the beginning of the Great Schism ...
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Two Popes that declared the other to be a false pope, excommunicating each other.French pope lived in Avignon and the other Italian pope lived in Rome, this began the division between the Churches
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Some reasons for the Great Schism in the Christianity include: ・ disagreement as to who is the head of the church, the Pope or Jesus? ・ differences in the way in which religious rites were administered ・ Catholic Church spoke Latin, the ...
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With the consequent election of a new "pope," Robert of Geneva (antipope Clement VII), began the Great Schism.
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The Christian Church split along doctrinal, theological, linguistic, political, and geographic lines in 1054. ChaCha again soon!
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It is the Catholic church divided between Avignon and Rome. There were two papacies. Schism is the title given to this historical point.
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A schism is a break or division in an organization or group that, at times, causes the emergence of two separate factions. An example of a schism is the division of the Christian churches that occurred in the eleventh century. This was term...
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