Schism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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Schism (Gk., schisma, ‘tear, rent’). A formal division of a religious body into separate parties. In Christian usage the word refers to sects or churches separating from communion with one another where
heresy is not involved. Early schismatic bodies (i.e. from the
Catholic Church) included the Novatianists and
Donatists. The Orthodox and Catholic churches have been divided by schism (the ‘East–West schism’) since 1054. See also
GREAT SCHISM. Schism appeared early in the history of Buddhism, due in part to the Buddha's refusal to appoint a successor as leader of the Order and his reluctance to impose a rigid discipline in matters of monastic practice.
A schism (
saṃghabheda) is defined as occurring when nine fully ordained monks leave a community together, as a result of dissent, and perform their own communal services apart. If the number is less than nine, there is ‘dissent’ rather than schism. To cause a schism maliciously or from selfish motives is considered a grave offence and one destined for swift retribution (
anantārya).
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The great Pittsburgh schism
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 11/18/2007; ; 700+ words
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Religious schism that has opened like a festering wound Read of the week
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/24/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...the United Nations. The schism between western and eastern...bold assertion that the schism had proved catastrophic...In eastern eyes, the West is also an aggressor...differently. "To the west of the 1054 schism line...warmongering tyrant. To the east lived peoples convinced...
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Commentary: Possible confirmation of a gay bishop in the Episcopal Church should not be an issue of enough weight to cause a schism in the church
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...enough weight to cause a schism in the church Host...GUSTAV NIEBUHR: `Schism' is a dreaded word in...calls to mind the great East-West schism. That event occurred...Church. Now religious schisms are rare. Among Christians...
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Schism of the century
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...The only problem is that schisms like those which lurked...lived than the subsequent East-West rift. Indeed, less than...until recently was the East Bloc; not in their wildest...why our century's great schisms - between progress and...
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Review: Books: The living schism Anne Applebaum follows a traveller around Orthodox Europe
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/9/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...actual, rather murky, schism between Western Catholicism...theology preferred in the West. The two churches went...bad reputation in the West, and Clark rightly sees...excesses in Cyprus, the West has consistently belittled...by her journeys in the East, and overcomes some of...
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Vatican-Orthodox agree pope has primacy, but schism remains
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/14/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...primacy was effecively moot since the schism remained. There is a separation...churches had been united until the Great Schism of 1054, which was precipitated...universal level is accepted by both East and West, there are differences of understanding...
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New Episcopal 'network': path to schism? The latest fallout from the ordination of a gay bishop: a church within the church.(USA)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 1/21/2004; 700+ words
; ...Asian leaders had threatened a schism if no action were taken against...with the US church. The South East Asia province said that if the...That action was not just the West stepping out on its own, but...concern is the temptation to schism, which is the great heresy...
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Religious schism could play a role in U.S. elections.(Originated from KRT FORUM)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/21/1996; 700+ words
; ...Northern Ireland, in Bosnia and in the Middle East bears bloody witness to this scripture...issue is the problem of the poor, a great schism divides Catholics and Southern Baptists...Republicans. The Mormons will help carry the West for Bob Dole, the Republican standard...
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One nation, always divided: Angry cultural schisms are nothing new in America
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the people of the Great Plains and the West against the moneyed Eastern establishment...tyrant. Even if our contemporary political schism is just an old one duded up in new clothes...has happened in the Balkans, the Middle East, Rwanda, Sudan and countless other exotic...
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Deep ruptures threaten Netanyahu's coalition; Political, ethnic, religious schisms divert attention from peace process.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...these actions reflect much deeper, growing schisms within Israeli society that some fear eventually...cousins in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. But they often express...affairs. If that happens, the Middle East peace process, already mired, might become...
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Schism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Schism (Gk., schisma, ‘tear, rent’...The Orthodox and Catholic churches have been divided by schism (the ‘East–West schism’) since 1054. See also GREAT SCHISM . Schism...
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Great Schism
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Great Schism Two breaches in the Christian Church. The Great or EAST-WEST SCHISM (1054) marked the separation of the...Western Christian churches. The Great Schism of 1378–1417 resulted from...
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East-West Schism
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
East-West Schism The schism between the Eastern...from the occupation of the West by formerly barbarian invaders, while the East remained the heirs of the classical...the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE in the West rather than to the BYZANTINE...
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Schism of East and West
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Schism of East and West division between the Orthodox Eastern Church and the Roman Catholic Church . See Christianity ; Ferrara-Florence, Council of ; Leo IX, Saint ; Lyons, Second Council of ; papacy ; Photius .
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ecumenical council
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...reconciliation between East and West. Conciliar theory, which...attempts to heal the Great Schism. Conciliar theory was...Council of Constance (see Schism, Great ). The Council...Pisa during the Great Schism. Protestants recognize...
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