Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Collection of facts about the East-West Schism

This post is a collection of facts about the East-West Schism (1054). There are 9 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

  • Break between Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Disputes: procession of the Holy Spirit, leavened or unleavened bread, iconoclasm, coronation of Charlemagne, papal supremacy, and See of Constantinople
  • Patriarch Michael I Cerularius closed Latin churches in Constantinople
  • Leo IX denied Cerularius the title 'ecumenical patriarch'
  • Cerularius refused and was excommunicated by Leo IX
  • Massacre of the Latins in 1182
  • Sack of Thessalonica in 1185
  • Siege of Constantinople and Fourth Crusade in 1204
  • Schism continues to present day