Schism

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Schism or schisms may refer to:

[edit] Religion

  • Schism, a division or a split
  • A specific schism in Christianity:
    • East-West Schism or The Eastern Schism or Great Schism, the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the eleventh century
    • The Western Schism, a split within the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417, at the climax of which three men contested the Papacy
    • Photian Schism, a controversy lasting from 863-867 between Eastern and Western Christianity

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Sport

  • The Schism, (Rugby) the disagreement that lead to the split between rugby league and rugby union over the issue of "broken time" payments
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