Nicaea

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1. Nicaea - Noun

2. Nicaea - Proper noun

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the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism

the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325

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Against the new calendar, the argument is made that inasmuch as the use of the Julian calendar was implicit in the decision of the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea (325), no authority less than an Ecumenical Council may change this decision. Source: Internet

All ancient liturgical versions, even the Greek, differ at least to some small extent from the text adopted by the First Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople. Source: Internet

As well, there are the " Nestorian " churches, which are Eastern Christian churches that keep the faith of only the first two ecumenical councils, i.e., the First Council of Nicaea and the First Council of Constantinople. Source: Internet

Alexandria and Nicaea are on the same meridian. Source: Internet

Bellitto, Christopher M., pp 49–56 “The General Councils: A History of the Twenty-one Church Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II”, Paulist Press, Mahway, N. J. 2002 The issue was never settled. Source: Internet

Bishops from the various dioceses of Lydia were well represented at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and at the later ecumenical councils. Source: Internet

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