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1. : division, separation. also : discord, disharmony. a schism between political parties. 2. a. : formal division in or separation from a church or religious body. b. : the offense of promoting schism.
Schism is a rejection of communion with the authorities of a Church, and not every break of communion is necessarily about doctrine, as is clear from examples such as the Western Schism and the breaking of the communion that existed between Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens in 2004. [6]
Schism is, in Christianity, a break in the unity of the church. The most significant medieval schism was the East-West Schism of 1054 that divided Christendom into Western (Roman Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) branches.
SCHISM (Semi-implicit Cross-scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model) is an open-source community-supported modeling system based on unstructured grids, designed for seamless simulation of 3D baroclinic circulation across creek-lake-river-estuary-shelf-ocean scales.
noun. the division of a group into opposing factions. the factions so formed. division within or separation from an established Church, esp the Roman Catholic Church, not necessarily involving differences in doctrine.
SCHISM definition: 1. a division into two groups caused by a disagreement about ideas, especially in a religious…. Learn more.
The Western Schism was a period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church when there were two, and later three, rival popes, each with his own following, his own Sacred College of Cardinals, and his own administrative offices. The schism ran from 1378 to 1417.
