Great Schism/Avignon Papacy

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  • Jan 1, 1054

    The Splitting of the Churches/Avignon Papacy

    This was the splitting between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches. The relations between the Greek speaking Eastern of the Byzantine empire and the Latin speaking Western traditions within the Christian Church reached crisis causing the divide between the churches
  • Period: Jan 1, 1264 to Jan 1, 1314

    Pope Clement V

    He was the first pope to move the papacy to Avignon from Rome, and the he was the first the Avignon pope. He did this because he was worried about the political views affecting his life in Rome.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1370 to Jan 1, 1378

    Pope Gregory XI

    He was the pope who moved the papacy back to Rome after it being in Avignon for 67 years.He was the last Avignon pope (the 7th)
  • Period: Jan 1, 1414 to Jan 1, 1418

    Council of Constance

    This council met from 1414-1418 and had three main objectives, to end schism, reform the church, and to wipe out heresey.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople, was conquered by the Ottoman Army in 1453.