Nicaean
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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The Nicaean church in which the seventh Council dispatched iconoclasm in the year 787 has been roofed and restored, and plans to build new hotels in the town are under way.
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However, they had been won to the Arian and not the Nicaean creed, and consequently were regarded as heretics by the orthodox Romans, who never became reconciled to rulers of another confession than themselves.
From Project Gutenberg
Small wonder then that the Nicaean creed declares that Christ is "God of God, Light of light."
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Cotelerius also refers to the Arabic Preface to the Nicaean Council.
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But one half suspects that it was the scholarly and musical sound of the word, rather than any aptness of classical reference, that led to the use of the word "Nicaean."
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