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Full Definition of SCHISM. 1. 2. a: formal division in or separation from a church or religious body b: the offense of promoting schism. See schism defined for English-language learners.
What was the Great Schism? Answer: The Great Schism is the title given to the rift that formed in the Church in the eleventh century A.D. This separation led to the Roman Catholic Church, hereafter known as the Western Church, and the Greek Catholic or Greek Orthodoxâ Church, hereafter known as the Eastern Church.