Melilla
Melilla , city (1994 pop. 63,670), Spanish possession, on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco, NW Africa. It is a free port, and the principal industry is fishing. Spain has held the city since 1496 despite many attacks by Moroccans; Morocco continues to object to Spanish control of Melilla. Melilla was one of the sites in Spanish Morocco where the revolt that became (1936) the Spanish civil war broke out. See also Ceuta .
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The General Councils: A History of the Twenty-One Church Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/2003; ; 597 words
; ...Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II...one general councils from Nicaea in 325 to the Second Vatican Council in the 1960...the work of the Second Vatican Council. Suggestions...of individual councils inevitably remains...
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The Way to Nicaea.
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...book: "The way to Nicaea is, thus, not a pre-history of Nicaea, but the necessary...of the work. The second great novelty, an...Asia Minor in the second century, just mentioned...Poitiers, On the Councils 81, on the Modalism...
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The Early Development of Canon Law and the Council of Serdica.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...associated with the council; and, second, "Studies in Interpretation...what is now part 1, "Councils, Canons and Canon Law...Hess argued that the Council of Serdica was held...and role that these councils had. He gives full...treatment of their canons (Nicaea is allotted two pages...
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A council primer. (Vatican II: 40 years later).(Vatican Council, 1962-1965)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Although Pope John's council was officially called the Second Vatican Council, it was the 21st ecumenical...worldwide") church council. The first eight ecumenical councils were held in the East: two in Nicaea, four in Constantino
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Voting about God in Early Church Councils.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...happened in early church councils? From the second century into the sixth...by their agents. Councils also were multifaceted...participated in the councils, that is, the...by c. 5 of the Council of Nicaea of the year 325...
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A Spirit of Affirmation; Re-examining the council that modernized the Catholic Church.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/5/2008; 700+ words
; ...380 pp. $29.95The Second Vatican Council, which held 10-week...tend to argue that the council took several false and...predicted during the council, swirling a splash of...from the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. to the...
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Papal appointment of bishops is not traditional.(Opinion & ARTS)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 4/17/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Christ. Canon 15 of Nicaea read as follows...or deacon." The Council of Chalcedon, 126...the teaching of Nicaea in its own Canon...the canons of the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon...endure into the second or third Christian...the Second Vatican Council when, it is ...
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Vatican II: will history judge it a success or a failure?
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...this commentary on the Second Vatican Council. Posted...2005, talk on "The Council, the Church and the...The Second Vatican Council closed this December...of the Second Vatican Council. So these final months...all true ecumenical councils are important in the...the ...
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The word "homoousios" from Hellenism to Christianity.
Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...since it was used at the Council of Nicaea to express the divine...eternal generation of the second, subordinate god. This...culminating in the Creed of Nicaea, and help us understand...I. THE HOMOOUSIOS OF NICAEA During the last century...
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WHEN JESUS BECAME GOD: THE EPIC FIGHT OVER CHRIST'S DIVINITY IN THE LAST DAYS OF ROME.(Review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/4/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...over, he called for a council of bishops to resolve...summer residence on Lake Nicaea. While Constantine leaned...statement of faith at Nicaea. This irritation within...though the Council of Nicaea, which gave us the Nicene...time as tragedy, the second as farce," is oddly...
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Second Council of Nicaea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Second Council of Nicaea 787, 7th ecumenical council, convened by Byzantine Empress Irene . Called to refute iconoclasm , the council declared that images ought to be venerated (but not worshiped...
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Nicaea, Councils of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Nicaea, Councils of Two councils of the Christian Church, which took place in the city of Nicaea (now Iznik, Turkey). The first Council (325) was summoned by the...Nicene Creed”. The Second Council (787) was called...
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Nicaea, Second Council of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Nicaea, Second Council of (787). The seventh Oecumenical Council , convoked by the Empress Irene to end the Iconoclastic Controversy . The Council declared its adherence to the doctrine on the veneration...
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Nicaea
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Nicaea an ancient city in Asia...the site of two ecumenical councils of the early Christian Church...787). The first, the Council of Nicaea in 325, condemned Arianism...produced the Nicene Creed. The second, in 787, condemned the...
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ecumenical council
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of the general councils recognized by...given): (1) 1 Nicaea, 325; (2...680; (7) 2 Nicaea, 787; (8...articles on each council; e.g., Nicaea, First Council...Constantinople. The first council was the model...Purposes of the Councils The common purpose...of them, the ...
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