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Acacian Schism begins

Pope Felix III excommunicated Acacius of Constantinople over the Henotikon. The first formal break between Rome and Constantinople; healed in 519, but the pattern was set.

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Cover of On the Unity of Christ by Cyril of Alexandria
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On the Unity of Christ

Cyril of Alexandria

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