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editorial --- 1054 Don't Cross That Line !   Western converts to Orthodox Christian Faith, understandably, ask about the canonical status of their certain favorite Western saints when the dates of repose is close to the 1054 a.d.   The year 1054 A.D. is conventionally cited as the formal beginning of the Great Schism between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches, primarily due to the mutual excommunications exchanged between Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida and Patriarch Michael I Cerularius of Constantinople. However, this editorial argues that while 1054 serves as a symbolic turning point, the schism was a gradual process rather than an instantaneous rupture. An analysis of primary sources, historiographical interpretations, and theological developments, would serve to examine how and by whom 1054 was designated as the moment of division. It would conclude that while the event of 1054 was significant, the schism was not fully realized until the Latin Sack of...

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