SCHISM sĭz’ m (σχίσμα, G5388). “Schism” does not appear in the RSV, but the Gr. from which the word is transliterated appears six times in the NT. In Jesus’ parable of sewing an “unshrunk cloth on an old garment” it is tr. “tear” (Matt 9:16; Mark 2:21). In the three references in John when the Jews were disputing over who Jesus was, the tr. is “a division” (John 7:43; 9:16; 10:19). In Paul’s reproval of wrangling in the Corinthian church it is tr. “discord” (1 Cor 12:25). Schism designates a division within the church, a disruption of harmony and coordination.