Schism

Schism may refer to:

Religion

• Schism (religion), a division or a split, usually between people belonging to an organization or movement, most frequently applied to a break of communion between two sections of Christianity that were previously a single body
  • East–West Schism, a split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the eleventh century; sometimes referred to as The Great Schism.
  • Nestorian Schism, splitting the Church in the Sassanid Empire (including modern Iraq) from the Church in the Eastern Roman Empire, after the First Council of Ephesus in 431
  • Non-Chalcedonian Christianity in Armenia, Syria and Egypt, which in the 5th century split from the Church in Asia Minor, the Balkan peninsula and Italy.
  • Photian schism, a controversy lasting from 863-867 between Eastern and Western Christianity
  • Western Schism, the split within the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417
• Jewish schisms

Entertainment

• "Schisms" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), 1992 television episode
• Schism (novel), 2004 work by Catherine Asaro
• "Schism" (song), 2001 song by Tool
• Schism Records, a hardcore record label and fanzine operated out of New York in the 1980s
• Schizm: Mysterious Journey, a computer game
• Schisma, a musical term defining a ratio
• "Schism", a 1988 song by Anthrax from State of Euphoria
• "Schism", an enemy in the 2008 survival horror video game Silent Hill: Homecoming
• "Schism", X-Men, 2011 storyline

Sports

• The Schism, the disagreement that lead to the split between rugby league and rugby union around 1900