"I couldn't cut Gisa-that would have signified declaration, which in turn would have led to a permanent schism here."

An Anglican commission is studying how to prevent a permanent schism.

But Dinah's elder brother, Robert, as well as her husband, Matthew, do not convert, leading to a permanent schism in the family.

The coup also created a permanent schism between the Syrian and Iraqi branches of the party.

This significant event in the History of the Latter Day Saint movement precipitated several permanent schisms.

Prepared to defy the entire Church, embrace an unhealable, permanent schism within the body of God's people?

And I'm very much afraid that whatever we may think about the acceptability of a permanent schism, Duchairn isn't prepared to entertain that concept at all.

However, ensuing quarrels causing a permanent schism among the Lutherans into united and Old Lutherans by 1830.

The rebellion created a permanent schism in the Church of the East.

The crisis resulted in several permanent schisms as well as the formation of splinter groups, some of which no longer exist.