SCHISM

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) Separation from the true church: of which, as of heresy, it may be said that Christians are not agreed whether the mere act constitutes the crime, or whether it is only a wilful and obstinate separation that deserves to be so denominated. The chief schisms enumerated by Roman Catholic authorities are those of the Nov a tians, the Donatists, the Lucifer i ans, the Greek Church, and the Protestants. The great schism of the West in the 14th century holds also an important place in the history of the Papacy. See Antipope. [s. 1110]