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

The Nicene Council was convoked to terminate the question which Arius had raised as to the Godhead of our Lord.

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

The second stage began with the outbreak of the controversy in 318, and continued until the Nicene Council.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

A curious tradition related that this band, including eleven other names from the remote East, were the only members of the Nicene Council who had not sustained some bodily mutilation or injury.

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

Another eminent witness for Θεός, whom also you do not condescend to notice, is Epiphanius, deacon of Catana in Sicily,—who represented Thomas, Abp. of Sardinia, at the 2nd Nicene Council, a.d.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

But in all the four hundred and sixty years from the first to the second Nicene Council, the witness of Rome to the Divine Person of her Lord was clear and distinct.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.