9.6 THE SCHISM OF 1054
ICONOCLASM
• Leo III
• Ban on images
• reason did many people give for opposing the use of
icons in Christian worship = The Ten Commandments
forbid their use
ICONOCLASM
• Biblical grounds
• Ten Commandments, which forbid the making and
worshiping of graven images.
• Veneration of icons is forbidden in Islam;
• inspired by Islamic scholars?
• Two Iconoclast periods
• 730-787
• 814-842.
• Is it form of medieval class struggle?
CAUSES…
The split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman
Catholic Churches was caused by
• the Pope’s claim to be the supreme leader of the
Church
• the Pope’s naming of Pepin the Short as emperor
• Rome’s support for the use of icons
• the Pope’s naming of Pepin the Short as emperor
GREAT SCHISM, 1054
Roman Catholic
EASTERN ORTHODOX
• Pope
• 5 patriarchs
• “Filioque”
• No filioque
• “and the son”
• Celibate priesthood
• Married priesthood (but
celibate bishops)
• Unleavened bread in
Eucharist
• Leavened bread in
Eucharist
• Latin
• Greek
• Iconoclast
• Icons
FILIOQUE CONTROVERSY
• Tripartite deity
• Holy Trinity
• Who sent out the Holy Spirit?
• filioque = the Spirit is sent out by both the Father
and the Son
PRO AND CON
Those who oppose the filioque
clause object because they believe
the Holy Spirit proceeding from the
Father and the Son makes the Holy
Spirit “subservient” to the Father
and Son.
Source: http://www.gotquestions.org/filioque-clausecontroversy.html
Those who uphold the filioque clause
believe that the Holy Spirit proceeding
from both the Father and the Son does not
impact the Spirit being equally God with
the Father and the Son.