second millennium were from Europe. As Rome became the acknowledged center of the Catholic Church, the Church became westernized. This was hurried along by the break between the Eastern and Western Churches, officially dated from 1054, at the beginning of the second millennium. Although there have been attempts to reunite the Churches, especially by the Second Council of Lyons in 1274 and the Council of Florence in 1431–45, the efforts have never been successful. Meanwhile, although there have been
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