Leaders tried to bridge a 'chasm' [='split, divide'] between the two religious groups.
a racial/cultural/economic 'chasm'
(..) on this trip. Our Lord? Yes. Our Lord. For would it not indeed be glorious, if in visiting a natural chasm, two quarrelsome neighbors would bridge the chasm of their own discord. Well, I guess if Job could accept his burdens. (..)2016 TvShow: The Simpsons Title: Fland Canyon Season: 27 Episode 19