Beginning of the Rome-Constantinople Schism
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Empires, Dynasties, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Byzantine Empire, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: Europe, Turkey, Constantinople, Istanbul
- Date: 1054
Article abstract: The beginning of the Rome-Constantinople schism intensifies, reaching its culmination after the conquest of Constantinople by the soldiers of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and later weakening Christianity against the influx of Islam during the Turkish conquests of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Summary of Event
The gradual alienation between the Eastern and Western Christian churches may be traced as far back as the physical division of the Roman Empire in 395 c.e., when the Eastern Church, with its capital in Constantinople, was...
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