The Great Schism

By Emily Peters
  • Oct 17, 1054

    The reason for the split

    The Christian Church split along doctrinal, theological, linguistic, political, and geographic lines.
  • Nov 17, 1054

    Seperation

    The split between the Eastern and Western Christian Churches which led to the development of the modern Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
  • Nov 17, 1378

    Pope rivalry

    Pope Urban VI and the French elected Pope Clement VII hurt the papacy for the Western Christendom didn't know who to follow. They were rivals that believed they each were the only true successor
  • Nov 17, 1414

    Healing the schism in western Christendom

    Martin V became the official head in Rome.
  • Nov 17, 1418

    Big Change

    The religion became Roman Catholic.