Nicaea
Americannoun
noun
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Pope Leo XIV on Friday visited the ruins in Iznik, as present-day Nicaea is called, to mark the council’s 1700th anniversary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
His stop in Iznik will mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, a gathering of bishops in the year 325 that resulted in a statement of faith still central to Christianity.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Francis has also been planning at least one foreign trip to Turkey for the celebration of the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian council of bishops in ancient Nicaea.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
“It’s so cool how you know all this lore and expanded universe stuff,” JP says after Paul brings up the First Council of Nicaea.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
This was in fact the method used by a Greek astronomer, Hipparchus of Nicaea, in 150 B.C. to work out the Moon’s distance from Earth.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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