Question

The formal division between the Eastern Orthodox and the Western Christian churches began in 1054 with a disagreement over​ a. ​the superior ranking of the Pope over the Patriarch. b. ​challenges to the absolute authority of the monarch as a matter of biblical interpretation. c. ​the use of icons. d. ​approval of new sects of monasticism. e. ​the emphasis on Aryanism in the East.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is A. The formal division between the Eastern Orthodox and the Western Christian churches began in 1054 with a disagreement over the superior ranking of the Pope over the Patriarch.

Explanation:

The Great Schism was the split between the Orthodox Churches and the Roman Catholic Church.   The date for the schism is generally given as 1054, when Pope Leo IX and Patriarch Michael I of Constantinople excommunicated each other after failed union negotiations.  

The relationship between Rome and Constantinople was damaged above all by the events of the Fourth Crusade, when Constantinople was conquered by the Venetians in 1204. Historians agree that the churches separated due to progressive alienation that coincided with the growth of the papal authority. Decisive for the separation were not theological differences, but political factors. The final separation on the Roman side only took place in 1729, when the Congregation for the Spread of Faith banned the sacramental community from the Orthodox. In 1755, the Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria, Jerusalem and Constantinople declared the Catholics false teachers in return.