Schism

Definition

Separation from canonical communion; applied to the Renovationists, Old Believers, Ukrainian autocephalous movements, and ROCOR in the Moscow Patriarchate’s polemical terminology.

Episodes

• 032 — History of the Christian Church — Topic 12
• 053 — History of the Russian Orthodox Church — Topic 16

Related Concepts

• 1054
• Anathema
• Autocephalous Movement
• Canonical Communion
• Diptychs
• Ecumenism
• Old Believers
• Photian Schism
• Renovationism