A schismatic is a person who creates schism in an organization or who is a member of a splinter group . Schismatic as an adjective means belonging to a schism or schisms , or to those ideas , policies , etc. that are thought to lead towards schism . In this context , `` schismatic '' , as a noun , denotes a person who creates or incites schism in a church or is a member of a splinter Church ; as an adjective , `` schismatic '' refers to ideas and activities that are thought to lead to or to constitute schism , and so departure from what the user of the word considers to be the true Christian Church .