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made about a. d. 1054, when there came to be 

 an Eastern and a Western portion. The causes 

 of this division were various, but prominent 

 among them were the controversy respecting the 

 time of keeping Easter, and the insertion of an 

 article in the Nicene Creed by the Western 

 portion. The Eastern Church comprised that 

 part of the Christian body, existing mainly in 

 Asia; and the Western, that in Europe. These 

 parts are sometimes spoken of as the Greek 

 Church and the Latin Church. 



3. The next division was made at the time of 

 the Reformation, in the sixteenth century, when 

 the Western Church was divided in Great Britain, 

 that part which clung to the primitive faith be- 

 coming the Church of England, and the part 

 which had grown corrupt by the addition of false 

 doctrines and practices becoming known as the 

 Roman Church. At the same time-, in Europe, 

 that is at the time of the Reformation, a great 

 number left the ranks of the Church of Rome, and 

 became known by different names. In Germany, 

 Lutherans. In France, Calvinists. In Switzer- 

 land, Hussites. 



Most of the other separations from the Church, 

 now bearing different titles, had their origin subse- 

 quent to the Reformation. 



4. The last great division has taken place in our 

 day. The Roman Church, having added many 



