Holier Than Thou - Glossary (S)

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Schism

A split or division in a church, primarily due to difference of opinion over doctrine. The Great Schism, or Schism of the West, was when there was conflict and division in the Roman Catholic Church between 1378 to 1417, during which time there were rival popes at Avignon and Rome. The Schism of the East took place when the Orthodox Eastern Church officially split from the Roman Catholic Church in 1472.
Scripture

The text of the Bible or the Bible itself; numbered passages of most Old and New Testament translations; Jewish Old Testament consisting of the Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa.
Sun Gods

Greek Mythology: Helios, son of the Titan Hyperion, who was the son of Uranus and Gaea.

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -- which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying tp pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! (Galations 1:6-9)

Reference Sources: Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition, published by Prentice Hall Press, ©1986 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.; Collier's Encyclopedia, ©1968 Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation; Larson's New Book of Cults, ©1982 and 1989 by Bob Larson, printed by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; Jewish Virtual Library (www.us-israel.org).