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Nicaea

noun
1.
An ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325.
2.
The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images.  Synonym: Second Council of Nicaea.
3.
The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism.  Synonym: First Council of Nicaea.



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... points involved in the dogma, continued for centuries still. At an earlier period discussion was carried on as to whether the Son were of the 'same substance' (homo-ousion) or 'similar substance' (homoi-ousion) with the Father. The latter view was held by Arius and his party at the Council of Nicaea, A.D. 325. Athanasius held the former view, which in time, but only after many years of controversial strife and actual warfare, became established as orthodox. The Arians regarded the Son, as a subordinate ...
— Unitarianism • W.G. Tarrant


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