Nicene Council

American  

noun

1. either of two church councils that met at Nicaea, the first in a.d. 325 to deal with the Arian heresy, the second in a.d. 787 to consider the question of the veneration of images.

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Nicene Council British  

noun

1. the first council of Nicaea, the first general council of the Church, held in 325 _ad to settle the Arian controversy

2. the second council of Nicaea, the seventh general council of the Church, held in 787 _ad to settle the question of images

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Etymology

Origin of Nicene Council

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Nicene Council

Thus the convocation of the Nicene Council is the definitive declaration by the Roman Empire through the mouth of its chief that it recognised a kingdom of Christ upon earth.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

Thus the Nicene Council simply reaffirmed the consentient voice and witness of the Church in general.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

Only those works which are now allowed on every hand to have been written after the Nicene Council, will be excluded.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

This is the meaning of the Nicene Council in the great arbitrament between the Spiritual and the Civil Powers, or, in Catholic language, between the Priesthood and the Empire.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

Theophilus, a Gothic bishop, was at the Nicene Council in 325.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)