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

Example Sentences

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Nicene Council

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 Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

Jovian espoused the orthodox sentiments, and therefore all the West, with no small part of the East, rejecting Arian views, reverted to the doctrines of the Nicene Council.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Along similar lines Loofs selects phrases as typical of creeds which go back to a date preceding the Nicene Council.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

The Nicene Council was a council of the Eastern Church, and Eastern seemingly were at least three hundred and ten of the three hundred and eighteen bishops.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

When, indeed, we see this juxtaposition of Christianity and Paganism, we are forcibly reminded that Constantine was one and at the same time the summoner of the Nicene Council and the chief Pontiff of heathenism.

From Sermons by J. B. Lightfoot