The division of the Roman Empire increased tensions and differences between the church centered in Rome and the church centered in Constantinople what 1054 event did these tensions lead to?

Question

A. Martin Luther nailed his ninety five theses to a church door
B. Pope urban II called for a crusade to capture jerusalem
C. The great schism split the Catholic Church in two
D. Pope gregory VII excommunicated Henry IV

Answer 1

The tensions between the church centered in Rome and the church centered in Constantinople ultimately led to C. The Great Schism split the Catholic Church in two. This event, which formally occurred in 1054, resulted in the separation of the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the East.