Schism

Schism may refer to:

Religious

• Schism (religion), a division or a split, usually between groups belonging to a religious denomination
• Christian schisms
  • Meletian schism (4th century), a split involving the Patriarch of Antioch
  • Nestorian Schism (431), a split between the Church in the Sassanid Empire and the Church in the Eastern Roman Empire, after the First Council of Ephesus
  • Non-Chalcedonian Christianity (5th century), a split between the church in Armenia, Syria and Egypt and the church in Asia Minor, the Balkan peninsula and Italy
  • Acacian schism (484–519), a split between the Eastern and Western Christian churches
  • Schism of the Three Chapters (553–698), a split within the Roman Catholic Church
  • Photian schism (863–867), a split between Eastern and Western Christianity
  • East–West Schism, (11th century), a split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church; sometimes called The Great Schism
  • Western Schism (1378–1417), a split within the Roman Catholic Church
  • Schism of 1552 (1552), a split within the Church of the East
  • Protestant Reformation (16th century), a split between the Catholic Church and early Protestants
  • Anglican Schism or English Reformation (16th century), a split between the Catholic Church and England
  • Great Russian Schism (mid-17th century), a split between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Old Believers movement
  • Nonjuring schism (1688), a split within the Anglican Churches of England, Scotland and Ireland
  • Crotty Schism (early 19th century), two priests split from the Catholic Church in Ireland
  • Bulgarian schism (1872), a split between the Orthodox Church and the Bulgarian Church
  • Schism of Montaner (1967–1969), a Catholic parish split from its diocese in northern Italy
• Jewish schisms, splits along cultural as well as religious bases
• Babi-Baha'i schism (1866), a split between the Bábís and the Bahá'ís

Political

• National Schism (1910–1922), a split within the nation of Greece
• Internationalist–defencist schism (1914), a split within European Socialist parties
• Muslim League schisms, splits within the Muslim League of Indian and Pakistan

Sports

• The Schism (1895), a split between rugby league and rugby union in England

Entertainment

• "Schisms" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), 1992 television episode
• Schism (novel), 2004 work by Catherine Asaro
• "Schism" (song), a 2001 song by American rock band 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
• "X-Men: Schism", a 2011 X-Men storyline