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-Western European branch of Christianity that gradually defined itself as separate from Eastern Orthodoxy, with a major break in 1054 C·E·. that has still not been healed. This name was not commonly used until after the Protestant Reformation, but the term is just because, by the eleventh century, Western Christendom defined itself in centralized terms, with the bishop of Rome (the pope) as the ultimate authority in matters of doctrine.

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The Roman Catholic Church is the Western European branch of Christianity that gradually defined itself as separate from Eastern Orthodoxy and is led by the bishop of Rome (the pope).

Answer: O
 Western Christendom defined itself in centralized terms, with the bishop of Rome (the pope) as the ultimate authority in matters of doctrine.

Answer: H
 Eastern Orthodoxy is a separate branch of Christianity that split from Western Christianity in the eleventh century, with the major break occurring in 1054 C·E·.

Answer: M
 The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity that emerged from the Western Roman Empire in the ninth century and was closely tied to the Roman Catholic Church.

Answer: P
 Cecilia Penifader is not a term related to Western Christianity or its history, and therefore cannot be the correct answer.

Answer: Q
 The Crusades were a series of military campaigns undertaken by Western Europeans in the Middle Ages to recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control. None of the other answer choices are a good match for this definition.

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