church split
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- divisionSplitting into parts
- denominationNamed religious group
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- factionGroup within group
breakaway · sect · reformation · dissent · heresy · excommunication · doctrine · pews · pulpit · pastor · flock · exodus · rupture · rift · apostasy · splinter · controversy · elders
- ReformationMartin Luther, John Calvin, 95 Theses, Protestant Reformation, Luther
- Church Conflictsschism, Great Schism, Investiture Controversy, Protestant Reformation, heresy trial
- religious conflictreligious war, holy war, sectarianism, Great Schism, crusade
- church polityepiscopacy, papacy, hierocracy, general assembly, democratic governance
- church propertychurch building, abbey, rectory, manse, glebe
- heresyheretic, heretical, heretics, apostasy, apostate
ecclesiastical unity
church splitreunification
Restoring divided unity
church unity · reconciliation · intercommunion · unification · consolidation
organizational harmony
church splitchurch unity
Solidarity among Christian denominations
reconciliation · healing · restoration · peace · fellowship