EAST WEST SCHISM

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EAST WEST SCHISM

• 1054---Eastern and Western Churches split
• Breaking of a relationship between two groups who
  still hold essential beliefs in common
• Mutual excommunication of each Church leader

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EWS

• Filioque controversy---wording in the Creedfrom
  the father---from the father and the son
• Eastern Church leaders angered---did not agree
  and were not consulted
• Iconoclast controversy---icon/ikonGreek word
  meaning image787---Second Council of Nicaea
  upheld use of icons
• Led to controversy---who has jurisdiction over
  whom?

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Eastern Orthodox/Rite

• EOvast majority of Eastern Churches---not
  officially in union with Rome centered Church
• ERaccept Pope as head of Church, but continue to
  follow styles of worship and practices of Eastern
  churches
• St Thomas Aquinas---most renowned of medieval
  theologiansSumma Theologica

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