What was the cause of the great schism of 1054 between the eastern and western church?
a. it was a gradual process of estrangement between the east and the west.

b. it was due to the barbarian invasions.

c. the roman bishop was no longer honored as the head of the church.

d. the fall of constantinople caused the great schism of 1054.

The correct option is C

The Great Sisma of the Catholic Church refers to a conflictive religious event that occurred in the year 1054. In this conflict there was a mutual rupture and excommunication between the highest leader of the Catholic Church in Rome, the Pope or Bishop of Rome (along with the Christianity of the West), and the ecclesiastical hierarchs of the Orthodox Church (together with the Christianity of the East) especially of their main one, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Its direct antecedent is known as Schism of Photius.

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