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Great Schism

The term Great Schism refers to either of two splits in the history of Christianity:

• Most commonly, it refers to the great East-West Schism, the split between the Eastern and Western churches in the eleventh century.
• In the second schism, the Western Schism in the fourteenth century, three (claimant) popes were elected at the same time.

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