Patriarch Bartholomew Says 1054 Church Division ‘Not Insurmountable’ As Nicaea Anniversary Nears

By AC Wimmer

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople on Wednesday offered a hopeful historical assessment of the traditional 1054 date for the “Great Schism” between Rome and Constantinople, suggesting that tensions developed gradually over time and “are not insurmountable.”

“Of course, problems have...