Schism
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Schism may refer to:
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Sports
- The Schism, the disagreement that lead to the split between rugby league and rugby union around 1900
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