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SCHISM
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
A separation, an alienation causing divisions among Christians, who ought to be united (1 Cor. 12:25).
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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
SCHISM means a rupture or separation, 1 Cor 12:25, but it is supposed to denote in this passage any such alienation of feeling among Christians as violates the spiritual union which ought to exist among them, though there be no doctrinal error or separate communions.
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Division or separation; specifically (Eccl.), permanent division or separation in the Christian church; breach of unity among people of the same religious faith; the offense of seeking to produce division in a church without justifiable cause. Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity. Eikon Basilike.