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What significant things/accomplishments did Pope Alexander VI do!? Did he end the Great Schism!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The East-West Schism, or the Great Schism of 1054 has apparently never been completely resolved!.

"The Great Schism of Western Christianity or Papal Schism (also known as the Western Schism) was a split within the Roman Catholic Church from 1378 to 1417!. By its end, three men simultaneously claimed to be the true pope!. Driven by politics rather than any real theological disagreement, the schism was ended by the Council of Constance (1414–1418)!. The simultaneous claims to the papal chair of three different men hurt the reputation of the office!. The Western Schism is occasionally called the Great Schism, though this term is more often applied to the East-West Schism of 1054!."

So, the end of the Western Schism was before Pope Alexander VI's time!. Here's a few notes regarding his legacy:

"Pope Alexander VI (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born Roderic Llan?ol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja (Italian: Borgia) was Pope from 1492 to 1503!. He is the most controversial of the secular popes of the Renaissance, and his surname (Italianized as Borgia) became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era!."

"Alexander gave away the temporal estates of the papacy to his children as though they belonged to him!. The secularization of the church was carried to a pitch never before dreamed of, and it was clear to all Italy that he regarded the papacy as an instrument of worldly schemes with no thought of its religious aspect!. During his pontificate the church was brought to its lowest level of degradation!. The condition of his subjects was deplorable, and if Cesare's rule in Romagna was an improvement on that of the local tyrants, the people of Rome have seldom been more oppressed than under the Borgia!."

"The one pleasing aspect of his life is his patronage of the arts, and in his days a new architectural era was initiated in Rome with the coming of Bramante!. Raphael, Michelangelo and Pinturicchio!. All worked for him, and a curious contrast, characteristic of the age, is afforded by the fact that a family so steeped in vice and crime could take pleasure in the most exquisite works of art!."

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Pope_Alexan!.!.!.

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