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East–West Schism facts for kids

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The East-West Schism, also called the Schism of 1054, separated the Christian church to East and West. The East formed the Eastern Orthodox Church and the west formed the Roman Catholic Church.

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    Hagia Sophia, the cathedral of Constantinople at the time of the schism

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    Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine (centre) and the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325) holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381

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    Changes in the extent of the Empire ruled from Constantinople. 476 End of the Western Empire; 550 Conquests of Justinian I; 717 Accession of Leo the Isaurian; 867 Accession of Basil I; 1025 Death of Basil II; 1095 Eve of the First Crusade; 1170 Under Manuel I; 1270 Under Michael VIII Palaiologos; 1400 Before the fall of Constantinople

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