Azymes is an archaic English

Early Modern English

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 word for the Jewish

Judaism

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 matzah, derived from the Greek word "ἄζυμος" (ázymos: "unleavened") for unfermented bread in Biblical times; the more accepted term in modern English is simply unleavened bread

Unleavened Bread

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 or matzah, but cognates of the Greek term are still used in many Romance languages (Spanish pan ácimo, French pain azyme, Italian azzimo, Romanian azimă). The term does not appear frequently in modern Bible translations, but was the usual word for unleavened bread in the early Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 English Douay-Rheims Bible.

The adjective form Azymite

Azymite

Azymites is a term of reproach used by the Orthodox churches since the eleventh century against the Latin Churches, who, together with the Armenians and the Maronites, celebrate the Eucharist with unleavened bread...

 was used as a term of abuse by Byzantine Rite

Byzantine Rite

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 Christian

Christian

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s against Latin Rite Christians. The Orthodox Church has continued the ancient practice of using leavened bread for the Lamb (Host) in the Eucharist

Eucharist

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. When the Latins began to use unleavened bread, azymes, for the Eucharist, this became a point of liturgical

Liturgy

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 and theological

Theology

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 difference between the two, and was one of several disputes which led eventually to the Great Schism

East–West Schism

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 between Eastern

Eastern Christianity

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 and Western

Western Christianity

Western Christianity is a term used to include the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church and groups historically derivative thereof, including the churches of the Anglican and Protestant traditions, which share common attributes that can be traced back to their medieval heritage...

Christianity in 1054.