Nicaea, Councils of
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 Roman emperor
CONSTANTINE and issued a statement of orthodoxy against Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not divine, but merely an exceptional human being), later known as the “Nicene Creed”. The Second Council (787) was called by the Byzantine empress
IRENE to end the
ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY.
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Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Generaliumque Decreta. Editio critica. Volume I: The Oecumenical Councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325-787)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2008; ; 643 words
; ...canons of the ecumenical councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II, including the Council in Trullo, have been...Decreta. The Oecumenical Councils from Nicaea I to Nicaea II (325...Giuseppe Alberigo. The first of four volumes containing...
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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
; ...Church Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II...twenty-one general councils from Nicaea in 325 to the Second Vatican Council in the 1960's...councils in the first millennium, councils...infallibility at the First Vatican Council...the Second Vatican ...
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The Way to Nicaea
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; The Way to Nicaea. By John Behr...This is the first volume in a projected...strangely, the council of Antioch in 268...prolegomena to the great councils of Nicaea or Chalcedon (p...Samosata and the council of Antioch. The...dominated, in the first two parts, by Irenaeus...
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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...Christological doctrines of the first centuries, such as...Poitiers, On the Councils 81, on the Modalism...available. However, this first volume appears to...
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The Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the First Four Ecumenical Councils.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...disciplinary canons of the first four ecumenical councils: Nicaea, Constantinople...to a particular council and includes some...disciplinary work of these councils. However, his...term "ecumenical council" was not a technical...Orthodox view, that Nicaea forbade the ...
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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
; ...what is now part 1, "Councils, Canons and Canon Law...Hess argued that the Council of Serdica was held...of this volume is the first three chapters. In the first chapter, "The Conciliar...and role that these councils had. He gives full...treatment of their canons (Nicaea is allotted ...
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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
; ...these regional councils were called at...s 21 ecumenical councils Although Pope John's council was officially...worldwide") church council. The first eight ecumenical councils were held in the East: two in Nicaea, four in Constantino
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The Councils of the Church: A Short History.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 9/28/2001; ; 700+ words
; The Councils of the Church: A...of the Ecumenical Councils (Georgetown, 1991...print the texts of the councils in their original...major councils, from Nicaea in the early fourth...East accepts only the first eight as truly ecumenical...
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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
; ...95The Second Vatican Council, which held 10-week...tend to argue that the council took several false...predicted during the council, swirling a splash...from the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. to the First Vatican Council in...
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East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church from Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...from Apostolic Times until the Council of Florence. By Henry Chadwick...Sunday morning in the twenty-first century about his or her opinion...Greeks had two objections. First no church unilaterally could...correspondence to the Franks and at II Nicaea, but more likely the moment...
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First Council of Nicaea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
First Council of Nicaea 325, 1st ecumenical council, convened...to the bishop of Alexandria. The First Council of Nicaea was significant as the model and the original of great councils. The test it adopted provided a...
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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 Roman emperor CONSTANTINE...
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Nicaea, Council of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Nicaea, Council of. The first ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held in 325. The site is modern...of the church in the East. A creed was promulgated by the council which contained the homoousion formula and to which anti...
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Nicaea, First Council of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Nicaea, First Council of (325). The first Oecumenical Council , summoned by the Emp. Constantine , mainly to deal with the Arian controversy. After an Arian creed submitted by Eusebius of Nicomedia had been rejected, Eusebius of Caesarea...
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Nicaea
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Nicaea an ancient city in Asia Minor, on the site...Byzantine times. It was the site of two ecumenical councils of the early Christian Church (in 325 and 787). The first, the Council of Nicaea in 325, condemned Arianism and produced the...
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