RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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In 1054 A.D., the pope in Rome and the patriarch of Constantinople excommunicated each other and created a schism within Christianity.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -That led to Pope Leo IX’s excommunication of the patriarch of Constantinople-who returned the favor and in turn excommunicated the pope. Four centuries later, with the fall of Constantinople to the invading Ottoman armies in 1453, East-West enmity deepened.
Detailed explanation-2: -The tensions became a schism in 1054, when the uncompromising patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius, and the uncompromising envoys of the pope St. Leo IX excommunicated each other. No act of separation was at this time considered final by either side.
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