History
Hormisdas was a widower with grown children
when he became a priest. When he was elected pope in 514, there was a schism in
the Church. A schism is when the Church is divided because of differing
beliefs. Schisms are bad, because Jesus Himself prayed that the Church would
always be one, just as Jesus and the Father and the Holy Spirit are one (John
17). Pope Hormisdas successfully brought the divisions back together so the
Church was one again.
Activity
The schism that Pope Hormisdas
dealt with didn’t last very long, but other schisms have happened since then.
The Great Schism in 1054 pretty much split the Church into two (Catholic and
Orthodox), and the Protestant movement led to not just one schism, but
thousands. All Christians should work to end divisions in the Church so that we
can all be unified in the Lord, as Jesus intended. Today, pray that all Christians
will become one Church once again.
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