<P> In 476 , when the last emperor of the western part of the Roman Empire was deposed and the western imperial insignia were sent to Constantinople , there was once again a single Roman Emperor . However , he had little power in the West , which was ruled almost entirely by various Germanic tribes . In the opinion of Randall R. Cloud , the permanent separation of the Greek East from the Latin West was `` the fundamental reason for the estrangement that soon followed between the Greek and the Latin Christians '' . </P>
<P> In 476 , when the last emperor of the western part of the Roman Empire was deposed and the western imperial insignia were sent to Constantinople , there was once again a single Roman Emperor . However , he had little power in the West , which was ruled almost entirely by various Germanic tribes . In the opinion of Randall R. Cloud , the permanent separation of the Greek East from the Latin West was `` the fundamental reason for the estrangement that soon followed between the Greek and the Latin Christians '' . </P>
when did the greek orthodox church split from rome
when did the greek orthodox church split from rome
476
476