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The Great Schism of 1054: Multiple Choice
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- 01The Eastern Church rejected the Western Church's claim of the Pope's universal jurisdiction and authority, a doctrine known as what?
- 02A significant liturgical difference between the East and West involved the type of bread used for the Eucharist. The West used unleavened bread, while the East insisted on using what?
- 03Which event in 1204, where Western crusaders captured and looted the capital of the Byzantine Empire, is seen as having sealed the Schism and made reconciliation nearly impossible for centuries?
- 04Who were the Pope of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople at the time of the Great Schism in 1054?
- 05The dramatic events of 1054, including the mutual excommunications, primarily took place in which major city?
- 06In what year did Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I formally nullify the mutual excommunications of 1054?
- 07The insertion of what Latin term, meaning "and the Son," into the Nicene Creed was a major theological dispute leading to the Schism?
- 08In 1054, what action did the papal legate, Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida, take in the Hagia Sophia that precipitated the final break?
- 09The growing linguistic divide between the two halves of Christendom, centered on which two languages, contributed to their theological and cultural separation?
- 10The concept of the "Pentarchy," recognizing the heads of five major episcopal sees, was a source of tension over the primacy of which see?