nicene
Speech parts
1. nicene - Noun
2. nicene - Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenial council held there A. D. 325.
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Phrases with the word
Examples
After the lapse of three years, he succeeded in regaining the imperial favor by convincing Constantine that Arius and his views do not conflict with the proclaimed Nicene Creed.
As debates raged in an attempt to come up with a new formula, three camps evolved among the opponents of the Nicene creed.
A deep chasm developed between the East and West, becoming critical around 350, known as the Aryan, or Nicene controversy.
After the acceptance of Filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Rome, Orthodox Christians in the East started to refer to adherents of Filioquism in the West just as "Latins" considering them no longer to be "Catholics".
Beyond the second coming of Jesus, bodily resurrection, and final judgment, all of which is affirmed in the Nicene Creed (325 CE), Orthodoxy does not teach much else in any definitive manner.
Arius and his sympathizers, e.g. Eusebius of Nicomedia were admitted back into the church after ostensibly accepting the Nicene creed.