WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Great Schism divided the Christian religions of Europe into which two groups?
A
the Eastern Catholic Church and the Western Catholic Church
B
the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Catholic Church
C
the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church
D
the Russian Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The resulting split divided the European Christian church into two major branches: the Western Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. This split is known as the Great Schism, or sometimes the “East-West Schism” or the “Schism of 1054.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Christianity can be taxonomically divided into six main groups: the Church of the East, Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, and Restorationism.

Detailed explanation-3: -The greatest schism in church history occurred between the church of Constantinople and the church of Rome. While 1054 is the symbolic date of the separation, the agonizing division was six centuries in the making and the result of several different issues.

Detailed explanation-4: -Eastern Orthodoxy, official name Orthodox Catholic Church, one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. It is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches.

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