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What does Great Schism mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Christianity, historical) The split between the Eastern Church and the Western Church in 1054.
  2. (Christianity, historical) A split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417.
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During the Great Schism from 1378 to 1417 one reason for Scotland's recognition of the Avignon popes was that the English were supporting the rival popes at Rome.
We would endure a time second only in bitterness and division to the Great Schism that attended the Vietnam War.
If approached from the religious standpoint, it will be set down either to Jesuits or to the Great Schism of Luther.
During the era of the Great Schism and the conciliar movement, the idea of papal infallibility was further developed.
The restoration of the pontificate to Rome in 1375 was shortly followed by the Great Schism.
Among the nations of the Earth a Great Schism had arisen, and a wall of ideas was built between east and west.

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