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Schism of the West
Variant of Great Schism
- the division or conflict in the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417, when there were rival popes at Avignon and Romealso called Schism of the West
- the separation of the Eastern Church from the Western Church, traditionally dated 1054also called Schism of the East
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