Schisms in a sentence

St. Peter Damian was actively involved in efforts to heal those schisms.

Those of us who want change may be disappointed by this incremental way of proceeding, but more rapid change in Protestant churches has often resulted in schisms, something popes want to avoid at all costs.

Although the X-Men have had their share of schisms and internal conflicts, they remain a force dedicated to the protection of both mutants and humankind.

But at the same time, all these powers are deeply invested in maintaining the flow of oil, so they may be hesitant to risk destabilizing the region with sharp inter-state schisms.

Schisms are part of the church’s past as well as its future; like wars, economic recessions, pandemics, and earthquakes, they are recurring events.

In the Jewish diaspora, BDS has created new schisms on the centre-left, which has been forced into a vice by the rightwing and pro-settlement Israeli government on one hand, and the non-Zionist left on the other.

Hence, since the early days of Christianity, theologians have debated various approaches to the understanding of these natures, at times resulting in schisms.

Like the Nestorian churches, schisms also occurred within the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Pentecostalism arrived in Brazil with Swedish and American missionaries in 1911. it grew rapidly, but endured numerous schisms and splits.

Schisms between the WFM and IWW had emerged at the annual IWW convention in 1906, when a majority of WFM delegates walked out.

Schisms Prior to emigration to America, Anabaptists in Europe were divided between those of Dutch/North German and Swiss/South German background.

Similar schisms in the past had been later repaired, but this one continues after nearly 1000 years.

The latter was an instance of tolerance of different religious views, but it may also have been seen as an attempt by Julian to foster schisms and divisions between different Christian sects, since conflict between rival Christian sects was quite fierce.

The meaning of holding to a faith that is true is the primary reason why anyone's statement of which church split off from which other has any significance at all; the issues go as deep as the schisms.

There were two reasons for this: first, the emergence of further schisms arising from competing reform projects; and second, a general lack of awareness of Ido as a candidate for an international language.

The schisms stemming from a succession crisis have led to differing views about the role and use of temples between various groups with competing succession claims.

These historical schisms have had an influence on creating the distinct Mennonite denominations, sometimes using mild or severe shunning to show its disapproval of other Mennonite groups.

These include nationalist and other schisms.

These withdrawals continue to the present day in what is now the growing Conservative Movement formed from Mennonite schisms and from combinations with progressive Amish groups.

They especially reject the word "Rastafarianism", because they see themselves as "having transcended -isms and schisms".