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Despite later schisms that split Christianity, the council produced a foundational statement of the faith that is still shared by most of the world’s Christians today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

There are schisms on these issues within the U.S. military.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

England's political and religious schisms would lead it to a midcentury civil war.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

Wednesday’s vote follows years of turmoil in the denomination over sexuality, an issue that has prompted tumultuous debates and schisms in other Christian traditions and institutions.

From New York Times • May 1, 2024

Feverishly he followed in periodicals the Dadaist movements and schisms, the strangely feminine jealousies and religiousness, the obscurantisms of the forming and breaking schools.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck