Nicaea, First Council of

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• First Council of Nicaea — Date 325 AD Accepted by Anglicans Assyrian Church of the East Calvinists Eastern Orthodox Lutherans Old Catholics Oriental Orthodox Roman Catholics Previous council None Next coun …   Wikipedia

• First Council of Nicaea —     The First Council of Nicaea     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The First Council of Nicaea     First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church, held in 325 on the occasion of the heresy of Arius (Arianism). As early as 320 or 321 St. Alexander,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• First Council of Constantinople — For the church council of Constantinople in 359, see First Council of Constantinople (360). 9th century Byzantine manuscript illumination of I Constantinople Homilies of Gregory Nazianzus, 879 882 …   Wikipedia

• First Council of Ephesus — This article covers the Ecumenical council of 431. For other councils by this name, see Council of Ephesus. First Council of Ephesus Date 431 Accepted by Roman Catholics, Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Oriental Orthodox, Lutherans… …   Wikipedia

• First Council of Nicaea — noun the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism • Syn: ↑Nicaea • Hypernyms: ↑ecumenical council …   Useful english dictionary

• Council of Chalcedon — Date 451 A.D. Accepted by Roman Catholics, Old Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans Previous council First Council of Ephesus Next council Second Council of Constantinople …   Wikipedia

• Council of Vienne — Date 1311 1312 Accepted by Roman Catholicism Previous council Second Council of Lyons Next council Council of Constance Convoked by Pope …   Wikipedia

• Nicaea — or Nikaia (Greek: Νίκαια) may be: The ancient name of several places, including: İznik, Turkey formerly Nicaea capital of the Empire of Nicaea Nice, France Nicaea, Locris, a fortress city of the Locri Epicnemidii Nicaea, Punjab, city in the… …   Wikipedia

• Council of Nicaea — can refer to: First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787 The Council of Nicaea (audio drama) The Council of Nicaea (painting) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

• First Bulgarian Empire — Първo българско царство Părvo Bălgarsko Tsarstvo ← …   Wikipedia