Who were the Pope of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople at the time of the Great Schism in 1054?

Pope Leo IX and Michael Cerularius

Pope Gregory I and John Chrysostom

Pope Urban II and Alexios I Komnenos

In 1054, what action did the papal legate, Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida, take in the Hagia Sophia that precipitated the final break?

Placed a bull of excommunication on the altar

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01Who were the Pope of Rome and the Patriarch of Constantinople at the time of the Great Schism in 1054?
02The insertion of what Latin term, meaning "and the Son," into the Nicene Creed was a major theological dispute leading to the Schism?
03The Eastern Church rejected the Western Church's claim of the Pope's universal jurisdiction and authority, a doctrine known as what?
04A significant liturgical difference between the East and West involved the type of bread used for the Eucharist. The West used unleavened bread, while the East insisted on using what?
05In 1054, what action did the papal legate, Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida, take in the Hagia Sophia that precipitated the final break?
06The dramatic events of 1054, including the mutual excommunications, primarily took place in which major city?
07The growing linguistic divide between the two halves of Christendom, centered on which two languages, contributed to their theological and cultural separation?
08Which event in 1204, where Western crusaders captured and looted the capital of the Byzantine Empire, is seen as having sealed the Schism and made reconciliation nearly impossible for centuries?
09In what year did Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I formally nullify the mutual excommunications of 1054?
10The concept of the "Pentarchy," recognizing the heads of five major episcopal sees, was a source of tension over the primacy of which see?