Question

The Western Church claimed authority over the Eastern Church because the Pope?
a) wanted the Eastern Church to remain Christian.
b) wanted the Eastern Church to move to Rome
c) believed he had power over both churches
d) believed he had power over European kings.

Answer 1

Which do you believe it is?

Answer 2

The East–West Schism is the break of communion between what is now the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches which began in the 11th century.[1]

There had long been ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes between the Greek East and Latin West.[2][3][4] Prominent among these were the issues of the source of the Holy Spirit ("Filioque"), whether leavened or unleavened bread should be used in the Eucharist,[a] the Pope's claim to universal jurisdiction, and the place of Constantinople in relation to the Pentarchy