Nicaea
- proper noun
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Segundo Consejo de Nicea
- Further, the Trullan canon 82 was cited and put to good use by the Council of Nicaea II in its defense of the veneration of images.
- Nicaea II
- Nicaea (787)
- Council of Nicaea
Examples
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After initial rejection, it was received together with Nicaea II in 787 and formally ratified at an East-West reconciliation council held in Constantinople in 880.
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Another example is the Council of Nicaea II (787) itself.
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But it was subsequently recognized as ecumenical by the Seventh Council, Nicaea II, as I will show below.
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So Emperor Constantine called a council at Nicaea, and presumably the Council Fathers began to raise questions such as:
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In other words, with its reception by Nicaea II, the Trullan Council stood confirmed as ecumenical.
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But Nicaea II had counted it with the sixth council only, and the classical canonists followed this conciliar lead in both East and West.
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And Nicaea II recognized this claim by stating: "The holy fathers of the sixth synod decreed 'they should be held in any case and despite all excuses, once a year, and all that is incorrect should be put right'" (c. 6).
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However, no restriction was expressed by the Council of Nicaea II (787) itself, which in its first canon received and confirmed "the canons of the six holy and ecumenical councils."
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The Orthodox Churches stand by the tradition or the canon of the seven ecumenical councils fixed by Nicaea II, whereas Catholics generally exhibit a longer list of 21 ecumenical councils, including the two Vatican Councils.
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The Seventh Ecumenical Council, known as Nicaea II, was pivotal in condemning iconoclasm in 787 AD.
Synonyms
A church meeting in 787 that stopped destroying religious images and allowed their use in worship
Compounds
A meeting of Christian leaders in 325 that made the Nicene Creed and declared Arianism wrong
A church meeting in 787 that stopped destroying religious images and allowed their use in worship
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nicaea for the later council also comes from the city Nicaea, from Greek Nikaia built on nike meaning 'victory', so this church meeting is known by the name of the town where it met.
