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  Schism or schisms may refer to:

Religion


  • Schism
    Schism (religion)

    The word schism , from the Greek language s??s?a, skh?sma , means a split or a division, usually in an organization or a movement. A schismatic is a person who creates or incites schism in an organization or who is a member of a splinter group....
    , a division or a split
  • A specific schism in Christianity:
    • East-West Schism
      East-West Schism

      The East-West Schism, or the Great Schism, divided medieval Christendom into Eastern and Western branches, which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, respectively....
       or The Great Schism, the split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the eleventh century
    • The Western Schism
      Western Schism

      The Great Schism of Western Christianity or Papal Schism was a split within the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417. By its end, three men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope....
      , a split within the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417, at the climax of which three men contested the Papacy.
    • Photian Schism
      Photian schism

      The Photian schism is a term for a controversy lasting from 863-867 between Eastern and Western Christianity.This conflict was precipitated by the opposition of Roman Catholic Pope Nicholas I to the appointment by Byzantine Emperor Michael III of a lay scholar as Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople....
      , a controversy lasting from 863-867 between Eastern and Western Christianity.


Entertainment


  • "Schisms", a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
  • Schism, an event which occurred within the fictional V.F.D. organization in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
  • Schism
    Schism (novel)

    Schism is a novel in the Saga of the Skolian Empire, a series of science fiction books by Catherine Asaro....
    , a novel by Catherine Asaro regarding the Saga of the Skolian Empire
  • "Schism"
    Schism (song)

    "Schism" is a song by American progressive metal band Tool . It was the first single and music video from their third full-length album, Lateralus....
    , a Grammy Award-winning song by the progressive rock
    Progressive rock

    Progressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably with "progressive rock", but while there are crossovers between the two genres, they are not identical....
     band Tool
    Tool (band)

    Tool is an American Grammy Award-winning Rock music band that was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones , and vocalist Maynard James Keenan....
  • Schism Records
    Schism Records

    Schism was a hardcore punk record label and fanzine operated out of New York City in the late 1980s by John Porcelly and Alex Brown . Schism started out as the fanzine, Love Seat, which Brown put out while still living in Iowa....
    , a New York City-based hardcore record label and fanzine
  • Schizm: Mysterious Journey
    Schizm: Mysterious Journey

    Schizm is an adventure game-genre computer game created by Detalion and LK Avalon and published by DreamCatcher Games.The game is reminiscent of the Myst series of games in that the environment is rendered very realistically and in exceptionally high detail....
    , an adventure game created by Detalion
    Detalion

    Detalion is a Polish developer of computer software games. It was closed down due to financial difficulties in March 2005 but its founders created Detalion Games and Detalion Arts to take its place....
     and LK Avalon
    LK Avalon

    LK Avalon is a Poland developer and distributor of computer games.In the 1990s, the company developed several games for 8-bit computers Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit family....
  • Schisma
    Schisma

    In music, the schisma, also spelled skhisma, is the ratio between a Pythagorean comma and a syntonic comma and equals 32805/32768, which is 1.9537 cent s....
    , a musical term


Sport


  • The Schism, the disagreement that lead to the split between rugby league and rugby union over the issue of "broken time" payments