SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -schism the formal separation of a Church into two Churches or the secession of a group owing to doctrinal and other differences. The word comes ultimately from Greek skhizein ‘to split’.

Detailed explanation-2: -schism in American English 1. a split or division in an organized group or society, esp. a church, as the result of difference of opinion, of doctrine, etc. 2. the act of causing or trying to cause a split or division in a church.

Detailed explanation-3: -: division, separation. also : discord, disharmony. a schism between political parties. : formal division in or separation from a church or religious body.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Schism split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox.