The 1st Great Schism

AI Briefing

• – The Eastern Roman Empire, with the Patriarch of Constantinople as its spiritual leader, broke away from the Western Roman Empire, marking the beginning of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• – The Western Church, led by the Pope, rejected the authority of the Patriarch and the sacraments of the Eastern Church.
• – The schism led to centuries of tension and conflict between the two churches, culminating in the Crusades and the Black Death.