Sentence examples for first schism from inspiring English sources

First, schism might not be a bad thing.

Opposing Zephyrinus, Hippolytus thus started the first schism in the history of the Christian Church.

It was not the first schism between church and filmmakers in New Jersey.

This is the first schism," Mrs. Bachmann said after the vote, "because we've deviated from our agreed position, which was to stop implementation of Obamacare this year".

In February 2012, Red Bull Racing's sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso was also reported as having left the organisation since the first schism in December.

This was highlighted in a very public split in Brisbane where organizers announced they would be breaking off to form Australians Against Islam, which isn't the first schism to hit the movement.

Most Omanis follow the Ibadi sect of Islam - the only remaining expression of Kharijism, which was created as a result of one of the first schisms within the religion.

The two claims and the fifth schism that resulted caused chaos in Rome.

The second schism occurred in the 16th century within the western branch of the religion, when Martin Luther inaugurated the Protestant Reformation.

The second schism is in the narrator's own mind, as he struggles in his hyperrational way to understand his recent mental breakdown.

— After an overwhelming vote here over the weekend by the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that created the second schism with the national church since the 2003 election and consecration of an openly gay Episcopal bishop, both sides were hoping for a simple resolution.