The Cause of the Great Schism According to an Eastern Christian Perspective

 

The so-called ''Great Schidsm of 1054'' played an important role in the history of the post-Classical world. In the Middle Ages, there were various attempts to reunify the Latin and Greek Churches, though none of them were long-lasting. 

Below, I have decided to quote Mark of Ephesus, the only Eastern bishop at the Council of Florence who objected to the union of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. Traditionally, Catholics regarded him as a heretic for his theology. 

It is impossible to recall peace without dissolving the cause of the schism— the primacy of the Pope exalting himself equal to God." "The Latins are not only schismatics but heretics... we did not separate from them for any other reason other than the fact that they are heretics*1. 

-Mark of Ephesus 

*1-http://constans_wright.tripod.com/romans.html