Question

Which statement best describes what occurred within Christianity in 1054?

A. An agreement between the pope and the patriarch made the church stronger.
B. Two churches were combined to create a single unified religion.
C. A split within the church resulted in the creation of two separate churches.
D. Multiple smaller churches were created after the pope was removed from power.

Answer 1

C. A split within the church resulted in the creation of two separate churches.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the year 1054, the Patriach of Constantinople was excommunicated by the Pope. This is know as the West-East schism, and led to the division of the church, which was up until that point unified, into two different branches: the Western Branch, led by the Pope in Rome, and the Eastern Orthodox branch, led by a Patriach in Constantinople.

With time, the Eastern Orthodox church further subdivided with other branches in Athens, in Moscow, etc, although it remains, up to this day, more or less unified.