5
THE CATHOLIC-ORTHODOX SPLIT
CHAPTER OUTLINE
It is naive to suggest that there was little change in the Christian church in the first thousand years. Yet compared with the diversity we see today, the first millennium ended with a remarkably unified entity. At no other time in the history of the Church has the term catholic (meaning universal) been more aptly used. The persecutions, debates, and power struggles had not managed to destroy the unity that was so powerful and attractive to men like Constantine. This was all about to change forever.
The Great Schism
On July 16 in the year 1054, as the Saturday afternoon Mass was about to begin in the Hagia Sophia, the great cathedral in Constantinople, Cardinal Humbert ...
Get Sound of Worship now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
