Question

What major difference between the Eastern and Western churches led to their schism?

Answer 1

The major difference between the Eastern and Western churches led to their schism was the inclusion of Pope as the religious head of Christianity.

Western churches believed in the authority of a religious leader called Pope who will issue orders.

Eastern churches functioned without Pope and a group took decisions.

Answer 2

In the year 1054, the Eastern and the Western part of the Roman Empire faced cultural, geographical and political differences.

All these led to the split of the Roman Empire and also the churches called as the 'Great Schism of 1054'.

The western Roman Catholic Church entrusted in having a Pope while the eastern didn't.