Schismatic Definition

Schismatic Sentence Examples

• From 1415 it was the home of the schismatic pope Benedict XIII.

• The council of Constance then deposed him, as a perjurer, an incurable schismatic and a heretic (26th July 1417), After struggling with the popes of Rome, Urban VI., Boniface IX., Innocent VII.

• The celebrated schismatic, Arnold of Brescia, however, put himself again at the head of the party opposed to the temporal power of the papacy, re-established the patricianate, and forced the pope to leave Rome.

• Considerations of their history and past political importance have led to the elevation of Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism to the rank of independent religions, while the numerous other schismatic bodies are held to be only sects.

• The Monothelites refused to submit, and the result was the formation of another schismatic church - the Maronite Church of the Lebanon range.