What was the event that finalized the split between the eastern and western churches? A) Emperor Leo III made an edict that decl
ared the churches to be separate for all time. B) The pope and the patriarch excommunicated each other. c) The eastern church was destroyed by fire. D) The entire Roman Empire fell.
B) The pope and the patriarch excommunicated each other
It was July 16, 1054 when Patriarch of Constantinople was excommunicated. This started the “Great Schism” that created the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths
