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This painting is of the last emperor of Rome and first emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Emperor Constantine! See, the second to last emperor of Rome, Diocletian, decided to split the empire into two. Diocletian got one half (the one with the city of Rome), and Constantine got the other half. Constantine decided to set up a new capital in Constantinople. In a few years, Diocletian's half of Rome was conquered, which left Constantine's half standing. He declared what is left of Rome the Byzantine Empire, and the rest is history.

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This piece shows an important emperor to the Byzantine Empire, Emperor Justinian. He recorded all of Roman law. This code (known as Justinian's Code) lad the bases for many European codes of law. He also expanded the Byzantine Empire and gathered up most of the land that was part of Rome (side note, the Byzantines thought of themselves as the new Roman Empire, they LOVED the Roman Empire). You can also (hopefully) see that this piece is made up of many smaller chucks, well this is called a mosaic. A mosaic is when an artist uses little pieces of glass to make a larger image.

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The Hagia Sophia is a church built by the Byzantine Empire. to was used for christian traditions when first built, (now used for Islamic practices) and adorned with priceless gemstones and lavish art. The Byzantines wanted you to fell like you are staring into the heavens, and to complete the effect, the dome roof and the hundreds of windows to let in additional light. It is filled of tons of frescoes, religious icons, and mosaics. this building is a work of art by its self.

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This painting is known as a fresco. a fresco is when an artist paints on a wall plaster as it dries. The idaea is that the wet wall will pick up the dyes in the pant and stay on the wall for MUCH longer than just painting on the wall when it is dry. This painting is also an icon, which is when a holy figure in the catholic church is depicted in a piece of art. most icons are of Jesus, Mary, an apostle, and/or one of the sants. On a side note, the Byzantines like to show concepts that are invisible to the naked eye, and one way to show that is by having someone that is close to god have a ring around their head.

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The Great Schism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and Western Roman Catholicism   

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The Great Schism, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and Western Roman Catholicism   

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The Byzantine Empire was mostly run by the catholic church. After a while, religious officials could not angry on certain things. As a result they split into two relons, Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism, in an event called The Great Schism. The two religious have their own beliefs, wich are...
Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Based in Constantinople

Official Language was Greek

Led by the authority of the emperor, because it was based near him

Priests could not marry

Religious icons were accepted (look in Frescoes and Icons)

Western Roman Catholicism

Based in Rome

Official Language was Latin

Led by the authority of the Pope, because it was based near him

Priests could marry

Religious icons were rejected

This event evenly lead to the downfall of Byzantine Empire.

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The Great Schism can be understood as a split between the Western European Church and the Eastern European Church.[1] The Western part of the church was Roman Catholic and the Eastern part was Eastern Orthodox.[2] One of the main reasons the church split in half was because of the issue of iconoclasm. The Eastern Church banned icons because they believed they were worshipping images while the Western Church accepted them because they did not believe there was anything wrong with icons.[3] Another reason the Church of the Middle Ages split was because of the humanity and divinity of Christ. Mark A. Noll noted,

From the sixth century, when Western churches began to insert 'and the Son' in the section of the creed that speaks of the Spirit's procession from the Father, the Orthodox complained that the West was violating the spirit as well as the letter of what had transpired at Nicaea- the spirit by acting unilaterally in making the change, and the letter by violating an explicit canon of the council that the wording of its formula was not to be changed.[4]

The Church of the Middle Ages suffered from the desire to have more power and more authority. The hunger for power and authority caused people to promote themselves to positions that they did not deserve. The patriarch Cerularius was excommunicated because he refused to participate with the Pope.[5] The crisis in the Church of the Middle Ages caused Henry III, Pope Leo IX, and Constantine IX to begin negotiating on what to do about the theft of property and stolen power in southern Italy.[6] Cerularius was forcing Latin churches to adopt Greek rites and would shut churches down that did not comply.[7] This act of Cerularius led to his excommunication from the church.[8]

Translating the Great Schism into modern day times can be understood as a split in the church.[9] In the modern church, splits will occur because of the color of the carpet, the type of worship music, and the use of modern technology. During the Great Schism, the West believed in using unleavened bread while the East believed in using leavened bread when taking communion. This is much like the arguments that the modern church has over the color of carpet. The issues of icons can be compared to the prosperity preachers and the super-star pastor mentality of seeker sensitive churches. The Eastern churches despised icons because they thought that it represented the worship of false idols. Prosperity preachers and super-star pastors are similar to icons. The icons represented something that wasn't real and prosperity preachers and super-star pastors follow to the same end.

Modern churches split into two sections because of the disagreement of traditional and modern church services. Much of the argument revolves around the conduct of the pastor, missions, and out-reach in the local community. There is not much agreement on how these issue ought to be handled. The only agreement is that the tasks need to be accomplished by the church. Ultimately, it comes down to method of execution that splits the modern church. While this may not be on the same level as the Great Schism, it can be likened to it by the many similarities of the modern church.
Footnotes Bibliography
Gonzalez, Justo L. The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Dawn of The Reformation. Revised and Updated New York, NY: HarperCollins Publisher, 2010.

"Great Schism." New World Encyclopedia. January 14, 2014. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Great_Schism.

Noll, Mark A. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012.

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Great Schism in the Modern Church - Adam Jorden Clark

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The Great Schism can be understood as a split between the Western European Church and the Eastern European Church.[1] The Western part of the church was Roman Catholic and the Eastern part was Eastern Orthodox.[2] One of the main reasons the church split in half was because of the issue of iconoclasm.

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The Byzantines had a lot of religious institutions and art works, but they also big trad networks. Thanks to this network, most Eastern Europe and Russia adopts Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Also, Greek and Slavic alphabet where compound to make the Cyrillic alphabet by St.Cthil. Thanks to this trad networks, Russia has its famous onion domes.

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You may be wandering where the Byzantine Empire is located. It's located on potentilla, and near the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea. There are harbers on both sides. It is near the Medration basion, and is in between Greece and Turkey. The capital of the Byzantine Empire is Constantinople (modern day Istanbul).