the great schism
old and new rome
800-1204







the great schism is one of the most important events in the history of the church, and lead to the split between eastern and western christianity.
its causes are not simple, as some historians have stated. to understand these causes we have to go back in time, many centuries before its completion.
first of all we should consider the structure of the roman empire. the roman empire was a great one stretching from europe to asia and africa, having as its centre the mediterranean sea , called by the romans mare nostrum our sea. in this empire there were many peoples, each one with different traditions and mentality. but, in this multitude of peoples there were two predominant cultures the greek one and the latin one, and even these two were different. the greek culture was present in the easter...