The Great Schism: The Estrangement of Eastern and Western Christendom The Estrangement of Eastern and Western Christendom One summer afternoon in the year 1054, as a service was about to begin in the Church of the Holy Wisdom’ (Hagia Sophia) at Constantinople, Cardinal Humbert and two other legates of the Pope entered the … Continue reading The Great Schism: The Estrangement of Eastern and Western Christendom