Q: What was the Great Schism?
A: It was the split between eastern and western Christianity. The Byzantine church became known as the Eastern or Greek Orthodox church and the western branch became known as the Roman Catholic Church.
Q: What cause the split?
A: Well, in the Byzantine empire they did not believe the Pope had control over all Christians, so the Byzantine emperor appointed a patriarch who was teh highest Church official. They spoke Latin and we spoke Greek, their clergy was allowed to marry. And they also were not as big on Christmas as we were. The patriarch and I excommunicated each other, and we became rivals instead of branches of the same faith.
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