The principal early Christian sects are generally known today as Catholic Orthodox Christianity and Gnosticism, although other groups also existed.
Roman state patronage for the Catholic Orthodox Church ensured that it was able to expropriate the property of other sects that did not share its views, and provided a cover for persecution until there was essentially only one Christian Church left in the Roman Empire.
The view held by religious authorities in the mainly Greek-speaking eastern regions was that there were 5 senior leaders, or Metropolitans, in this Christian Church, one of whom was the bishop of Rome. However, the bishop of Rome, designated in the west as the Pope, insisted that he had greater authority than the other Metropolitans. Gradually, differences built up until the Great Schism of 1054, when Pope Leo IX, through his legates, excommunicated Patriarch Michael I, and Patriarch Michael I excommunicated the papal legates (Leo having already died). There were attempts at reconciliation and the Churches came close to being reunited in 1274 and in 1439, but the schism eventually became permanent.
The western Church, based on Rome, has become known as Roman Catholic, while the eastern Churches have become known as Orthodox Churches.
There were two events called the Great Schism, both of which happened in the Middle Ages. One was the East-West Schism, which divided the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox Churches from each other, this happened in 1054. The other was the Western Schism, which divided the Roman Catholic Church into to factions, from 1378 to 1417.
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Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and partially the Middle East.
It was the historians of the Middle Ages that first began using the terms eastern and western for parts of the Roman empire. This was not meant to give a false impression, but to clarify their positions and their theories on Roman life.
The period after the fall of the western part of the Roman Empire is the Middle Ages. It is divided into Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th century) High Middle Ages (1001 to 1300) and Late Middle Ages (1300 to 1500). The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by the invasions by Germanic peoples which caused the western part of the Roman Empire to fall and continued to exist until 1453. Historians call the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of the western part Byzantine Empire.
Western, Eastern & Balkan (Italian), and to a lesser extent Middle Eastern.
No, Ireland is located in Western Europe.
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It led Western states to interfere with Middle Eastern governments.
No it is a middle eastern (western Asia) Arabic country at the eastern end of the Mediterranian Sea.
Eastern Europe and Western Middle East
Yes, Iraq is a country located in the Middle East, in the western part of Asia. It is bordered by several other Middle Eastern countries such as Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria.
They are found in the Western part of Texas
Eastern. The East-West divide is technically right through the middle of England (the Zero-th meridian) but the usual divide is the Atlantic Ocean.
The Arctic Ocean lies at the top of the northern hemisphere. Since the North Pole lies more or less in the middle of it, it would be considered to be split about evenly between the eastern and western hemispheres if you want to divide the globe that way.
Because that is where the tectonic plates meet.
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