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"another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"noundivision of a group into opposing factions
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nounthe formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
Definition that contains schism
- gregory the Italian pope from 1406 to 1415 who worked to end the Great Schism and who retired to make it possible (1327-1417)
- constance the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
- constantinople the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
- avignon a town in southeastern France on the Rhone River; the seat of the papacy from 1309 to 1378 and the residence of antipopes during the Great Schism
- separatism a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists
- council of constance the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
- martin v Italian pope from 1417 to 1431 whose election as pope ended the Great Schism (1368-1431)
- schismatically in a manner that is schismatic
- schismatic of or relating to or involved in or characteristic of schism
- donatism a schismatic Christian religion in northern Africa from the 4th to the 7th century; held that only those who led a blameless life belonged in the church or could administer the sacraments