Starter quiz
- Members of the Roman Catholic Church were organised according to their...
- piety
- importance ✓
- wealth
- location
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- The leader of the Catholic Church is known as the ...
- pope ✓
- cardinal
- archbishop
- bishop
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- Pope Leo IX was unhappy that many members of the clergy had ...
- their own families ✓
- their own land
- their own ideas
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- ______ was when people could buy a position in the Church.
- 'Simony' ✓
- Leo came into conflict with the Normans in southern...
- 'Italy' ✓
- Under Leo and Gregory's reforms, some __________ lost their power and status in society.
- bishops
- women ✓
- kings
- cardinals
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Exit quiz
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity was the religion of the ______ Empire.
- 'Byzantine' ✓
- The periodic destruction of __________ took place throughout the Byzantine Empire.
- churches
- religious texts
- religious artwork ✓
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- The Eastern Orthodox Church forbade the religious use of...
- 'sculptures' ✓
- What happened to the relationship between the Eastern and Western Churches after the Great Schism?
- It improved.
- It stayed the same.
- It got worse. ✓
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- Match the practice or belief to the correct Church.
- Catholic eucharist⇔used unleavened bread ✓
- Orthodox eucharist⇔used leavened bread dipped in wine ✓
- Catholic belief about the Holy Spirit⇔the Holy Spirit comes from both God and Jesus ✓
- Orthodox belief about the Holy Spirit⇔the Holy Spirit comes only from God ✓
- Which of these statements best compares the two Churches after the Great Schism?
- Some differences in belief and practice, but many similarities. ✓
- Many differences in belief and practice, with no real similarities.
- Many similarities in belief and practice, with no real differences.
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Key learning points
- The Eastern Orthodox Church was led by a patriarch.
- The patriarch was based in the city of Constantinople.
- Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism share many similarities and several differences.
- There were elements of both change and continuity within Christianity after the Great Schism in 1054.
Common misconception
Different religious denominations believe very different things from each other.
Different denominations within a religion will almost certainly believe the same fundamental things about their religion, but will differ over the details of belief or liturgy.
Keywords
Schism - a schism is a split between strongly opposed parties
Patriarch - patriarch is the title used by the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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