Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Schismatic as an adjective means pertaining to a schism or schisms , or to those ideas , policies , etc. that are thought to lead towards or promote schism .
Simplified: Schismatic as an adjective means belonging to a schism or schisms , or to those ideas , policies , etc. that are thought to lead towards schism .