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date: 22 March 2025

Schism 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Author(s):
John MeyendorffJohn Meyendorff

(σχίσμα), term found in the New Testament designating a split in the Christian community. Basil the Great of Caesarea applies the term “to those who had separated from the rest for some reasons of church policy and questions capable of adjustment” (PG 32:665A). He distinguishes “schism” from ... ...

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