The so-called Lapsi (Lapsedones), who had performed sacrifices before the emperor's image but, after persecution, moved back into the churches again, became a serious problem for the church, sometimes causing schisms (e.g., the Donatists).
That growth is changing the complexion and practice of the Christian faith and other religions in a fervid competition for souls, generating new tremors in places like Nigeria, which are already marbled with ethnic and political fault lines, and causing schisms between the old Christians of the north and the newer ones of the south.
One participant described the process as "unproductive competition" causing "schisms" (A3) whereas others saw the problem in terms of being in a "competitive national research environment" in which community-driven projects "just don't fit" (C7).
Some saw the vote as largely symbolic, proof of the gap between the varying cultures in the faith in different parts of the world, while others said it could be used to cause schism.
Christians sharply disagreed with one another over issues big enough to cause schisms.
Leaving these to chance can wreak havoc and also cause schisms in families.
However, the rising number of members caused schisms and arguments, and the Lodge again ceased its private activities from March 1940 to March 1941.
They were discussing an argument that was, at that moment, causing a schism between parts of Brighton's queer and feminist communities.
It is the same stance he took when he started Jazz at Lincoln Center with the critic Stanley Crouch in the late 1980s, causing a schism in the jazz world.
In the 1960s the JCP broke with the Soviet and Chinese parties, causing a schism with its more radical members; it restored relations with the Chinese Communist Party in 1998.
