Great Schism: The Bitter Rivalry Between Greek and Latin Christianity

Summary by Krater

This video explores the division, rivalry, and eventual schism between the Catholic West and the Orthodox East during the Middle Ages, tracing how political and religious shifts fractured Christendom.

From the video

Answers: Why did the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church split?

• Schism of Christendom
• Byzantine Empire
• Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire
• Iconoclasm controversy
• Fourth Crusade

What it concludes

• Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire into administrative halves along cultural and linguistic lines.
• The coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III in 800 AD severed the sole legitimacy of Byzantine Emperors as Roman rulers.
• The 1054 excommunication mutual declarations between Rome and Constantinople permanently shattered the unity of the two Christian branches.