Photian Schism

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The Photian Schism was a 9th-century ecclesiastical dispute between the Eastern and Western Christian churches centered on the contested patriarchate of Constantinople and papal authority, foreshadowing the later East–West Schism.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Photian Schism canonical 15
Schism of Photius 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church schism ⓘ
ecclesiastical dispute ⓘ
event in church history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Photian Schism ⓘ
surface form: Schism of Photius
chronologicallyBefore East–West Schism ⓘ
surface form: East–West Schism of 1054
field Byzantine studies ⓘ
church history ⓘ
ecclesiology ⓘ
followedBy East–West Schism ⓘ
hasCause conflict over papal jurisdiction in the East ⓘ
contested appointment of Photios I as patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
deposition of Patriarch Ignatios of Constantinople ⓘ
doctrinal tensions including the Filioque clause ⓘ
hasEffect deepening of theological and jurisdictional differences between Eastern and Western churches ⓘ
increased mistrust between Constantinople and Rome ⓘ
precedent for later disputes over papal supremacy ⓘ
hasEndTime 879 ⓘ
880 ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasLocation Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople

Rome ⓘ
hasSignificantEvent Council of Constantinople 861 ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 867 ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 879–880 ⓘ
Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Fourth Council of Constantinople 869–870

Synod of Rome 863 ⓘ
hasStartTime 858 ⓘ
mainSubject papal authority ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: patriarchate of Constantinople
namedAfter Photios I of Constantinople ⓘ
participant Byzantine Emperor Basil I ⓘ
Byzantine Emperor Michael III ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Ignatios of Constantinople ⓘ
Photios I of Constantinople ⓘ
Pope Hadrian II ⓘ
Pope Nicholas I ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousTradition Eastern Christianity ⓘ
Western Christianity ⓘ
result assertion of conciliar and imperial authority in the East ⓘ
assertion of papal primacy claims by Rome ⓘ
condemnation and deposition of Photios by Roman synods ⓘ
eventual rehabilitation of Photios in the East ⓘ
temporary break in communion between Rome and Constantinople ⓘ
temporalContext 9th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East–West Schism → precededBy → Photian Schism ⓘ
Photian Schism → alsoKnownAs → Photian Schism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schism of Photius
Photios I of Constantinople → conflict → Photian Schism ⓘ
Pope Nicholas I → conflict → Photian Schism ⓘ
Byzantine Emperor Michael III → notableEvent → Photian Schism ⓘ
subject surface form: Michael III
Synod of Rome 863 → partOf → Photian Schism ⓘ
Council of Constantinople 861 → partOf → Photian Schism ⓘ
Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople → conflict → Photian Schism ⓘ
subject surface form: Ignatius, legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople
Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople → associatedSchism → Photian Schism ⓘ
subject surface form: Ignatius, legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople
Pope John VIII → involvedIn → Photian Schism ⓘ
Ignatios of Constantinople → inConflict → Photian Schism ⓘ
Ignatios of Constantinople → seeAlso → Photian Schism ⓘ