The Great Schism Crisis

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This paper examines the crisis in the Catholic Church known as the Great Schism, which occurred when two different countries disagreed about who should select the pope and where the pope should live. The paper looks at how this disagreement led to serious problems within the church and how it also affected different Papal States and attitudes toward the Catholic Church today.

Outline:
History Leading to the Great Schism
Problems Develop in the Catholic Church
Study of the Great Schism
Conciliar Tradition in the Western Church
Looking at the Catholic Church Today

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"The church had been split with the schism and the question of who had authority in the church was an issue that needed to be solved. The issue of who was in authority is known as the conciliar tradition. "The conciliar tradition was an ongoing, unresolved debate about the relation of the authority of the pope to that of the episcopate and of the universal church in its dispersed existence" (Avis 105). This conciliar tradition affects not only the Catholic Church, but all churches today. Something must be done to stop the schism of the church in a way that would represent everyone involved, which is called conciliarism. When it comes to the doctrine, worship, and mission of the church, it should be determined in a constitutional or representative way (Avis 105)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Avis, Paul. "The Conciliar Tradition in the Western Church, from the Eve of the Great Schism to the Vatican Councils." Ecclesiology 1.1 (Sep 2004), 104-108.
• Guisepi, Robert A. "A History of the Catholic Church from Its Beginning to the End of the Sixteenth Century." October 30, 2006. <http://history-world.org/a_history_of_the_catholic_church.htm>.
• Lewin, Alison Williams. Negotiating Survival - Florence and the Great Schism, 1378-1417. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2003.
• O'Malley, John W. "The Scandel: A Historian's Perspective." America 186.18 (May 27, 2002), 14.
• O'Sullivan, Owen. "The Silent Schism." Cross Currents 44.4 (Winter 94/95), 518.

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