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Great Schism - MSN Encarta (690 words) |
 | Great Schism, in the history of the Christian church, term used to refer to both the break between the Eastern and Western churches, traditionally dated 1054, and the period (1378-1417) in the Western church when two (and then three) popes simultaneously claimed to be legitimate. |
| The Great Schism in the Western church began with the contested election of Pope Urban VI in 1378. |
| The scandal of the schism gave temporary impetus to a conciliar theory of church government and also intensified the call for reform that eventually erupted in the Protestant Reformation. |
| Medieval Sourcebook: Late Medieval States and Society (460 words) |
| The Great Schism: Manifesto of the Revolting Cardinals, 1378. |
| The Great Schism: The University of Paris on the Schism, 1393. |
| The Great Schism: The Council of Pisa Declares itself Competent to Judge Popes, 1409. |
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