Nicaea

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• During the Council of Nicaea, over three hundred bishops gathered to resolve critical theological disputes.

• The formulas from the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, and the Cappadocian Fathers' trinitarian terminology constitute the foundation of classic orthodoxy.

  Academic text (2001)

• Yes, it was rejected at the Council of Nicaea along with any other gospels that made Jesus appear human and not divine.

  The Da Vinci Code (2006)

• Roman emperor, Constantine, changed things when he formed Christianity into a state religion through his council of Nicaea in 325.

  Angels and Demons Are Real (2017)

• And to strengthen this new Christian tradition, Constantine held a famous ecumenical gathering known as the Council of Nicaea.

  The Da Vinci Code (2006)

• Thus, when Emperor Constantine summoned the bishops to Nicaea, he was acting in accordance with his role as a good Christian emperor.

  Academic text (2018)

• And no, the Council of Nicaea didn't establish a canon; it only established trinitarianism as the orthodoxy.

  Blog text (25)

• The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD established the Nicene Creed and addressed the divinity of Jesus.

• The first ecumenical council, known as the Council of Nicaea, played a crucial role in defining Christian orthodoxy.

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First Council of Nicaea

vsNicaea

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A meeting of Christian leaders in 325 that made the Nicene Creed and declared Arianism wrong

is the same council but uses a shorter official name

Compounds

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First Council of Nicaea

9.9

A meeting of Christian leaders in 325 that made the Nicene Creed and declared Arianism wrong

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Second Council of Nicaea

9.9

A church meeting in 787 that stopped destroying religious images and allowed their use in worship

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