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

Yet from Constantine and the Nicene Council the advance of Rome's Primacy is perpetual.

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)

In the age of the Nicene Council, A.D.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

And what made this still more natural was the circumstance that the Nicene Council did re-enact a considerable number of those which it found existing.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry

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)