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Latin Church vs.
Orthodox Church
• Christianity developed within the Roman
Empire, becoming the official religion under
Constantine in the 300s
– Christian authority in Rome
• Constantine moved the capital of Rome to
Constantinople 10 years later
– Christianity spreads to Eastern empire
• When Rome was
sacked by
Visigoths, papacy
remained in Rome
• The eastern
empire became
the Byzantine
Empire
– Constantinople
becomes
important Christian
city with a leader
called the patriarch
Schism
• A break or division
• A schism officially occurred between the
eastern and western churches in 1054
over arguments about who controlled
which areas and over church practices
Schism
• Latin Church
– Mostly Western
Europe
– Headed by Pope in
Rome
– Later called the
Catholic Church
• Orthodox Church
– Mostly Eastern
Europe, Russia, and
small parts of
Western Asia
– Headed by Patriarch
in Constantinople
In the future…
• Another branch of Christianity will
develop
– Protestantism
• A group of people who protested the practices
of the Catholic Church in the 1500s
• Now has millions of followers
Martin
Luther - 95
Theses 