In 1054, what action did the leaders of the Eastern and Western Churches take against each other?(1 point)

Responses

Both the pope and ecumenical patriarchy supported iconoclasm and the destruction of religious icons.
Both the pope and ecumenical patriarchy supported iconoclasm and the destruction of religious icons.

Both the pope and ecumenical patriarch launched crusades into opposing territories.
Both the pope and ecumenical patriarch launched crusades into opposing territories.

Both the pope and ecumenical patriarch excommunicated each other.
Both the pope and ecumenical patriarch excommunicated each other.

Both the pope and ecumenical patriarch adopted Latin as the formal language of the Christian Church.

1 answer

The correct response is: Both the pope and ecumenical patriarch excommunicated each other.

This event is known as the East-West Schism, which formalized the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.