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Why did the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church split?

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Eastern Orthodox Catholics and Roman Catholics are the result of what is known as the East-West Schism (or Great Schism) of 1054, when medieval Christianity split into two branches. The Byzantine split with Roman Catholicism came about when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne, King of the Franks, as Holy Roman Emperor in 800. read more

The Eastern Orthodox Church did not split. They did not move an inch. By 1054 AD, there were Churches in Russia, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Antioch, Constantinople, and Rome. Nascent Churches had been formed but we're not yet fully autonomous, like Bulgaria. read more

And finally after many sad and heartbreaking arguments and decisions, the Church split in half: "The Great Schism occurred in 1054 A.D. which separated the Christian Church into two parts, the Western Church known as the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Church known as the Orthodox Church. read more

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