Nicaea

American

[nahy-see-uh] / naɪˈsi ə /

noun

an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.

Nicaea British

/ naɪˈsiːə /

noun

Modern Turkish name: Iznik. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Bithynia: site of the first council of Nicaea (325 _ad ), which composed the Nicene Creed

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The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD was, among other things, the first large-scale institutional exercise in theological fact-checking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Then he travelled to Iznik for an ecumenical celebration marking 1,700 years since the First Council of Nicaea, one of the early Church's most important gatherings.

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 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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