WORLD RELIGIONS

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: -The primary theological difference is that the Catholic Church believes the Holy Spirit proceeds from God the Father to Jesus Christ the Son, and the Orthodox Church believes the Holy Spirit proceeds only from God the Father.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Schism of 1054 was caused by many factors. Three of the most important issues were doctrinal differences between Eastern and Western churches, the rejection of universal Papal authority by Eastern patriarchs, and growing sociopolitical differences between East and West.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church split because of religious icons. Many Christians in medieval times used images of Jesus, Mary, and saints. But the people in the east believed that the eastern were wrongly worshipping the icons and Leo III banned the use of these icons.