Date
1054-07-16
Category
Breaking
Location
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Archive
Event #28
The Christian Church formally split into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
Doctrinal, cultural, and political differences led to mutual excommunications.
The division remains one of the most significant fractures in Christian history.
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