Rome and Constantinople, 863–867
Schism · 863–867 · communion restored
Rome refused the deposition of Ignatius and Constantinople answered in kind; the two sees excommunicated one another, and communion was restored in 867.
Between Bishop of Rome (Pope) and Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch). Two seats rather than two bodies — no church was founded by this and none ended. Each excommunicated the other; the record names no departing side.
The day, and the argument
- Photian Schism the day this is dated from
- The Photian schism what was argued
The year is the event's, not this row's — a division carries no date its own event already states.
Other divisions
- The division over Chalcedon 451 · The Definition of Chalcedon divided the churches that received it from those that did not. The division has never been healed, and no council since has been received by both.
- Rome and Constantinople, 484–519 484–519 · Rome struck Acacius of Constantinople from the diptychs over the Henotikon, and the two sees were out of communion for thirty-five years. Communion was restored in 519.
- Rome and Constantinople, 1054 1054 · The legates laid a bull of excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia and the patriarch answered with a synod of his own. The excommunications were lifted in 1965; the communion was not restored.
After The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire · Hussey, part 1, on the Photian schism.