Great schism may refer to:
- The East–West Schism, between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church in 1054
- The Western Schism, a split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417
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““Summer, you are the eucharist of death;
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