More than a single year
The "Great Schism" is usually dated to 1054, but the split was the result of centuries of theological, political, and cultural drift — and it deepened for centuries after.
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- The deep causes: the Filioque, papal authority, language, politics, liturgy
- The road to 1054 — and why 1204 may have mattered more
- Each side's view, stated as that side would state it
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- A full timeline from 330 to the 1965 lifting of the anathemas
- A cause-by-cause comparison of East and West
- An honest note on what 1054 actually was
- Study questions and sources
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