Noun
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the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
- first council of nicaea -
the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
- second council of nicaea -
an ancient city in Bithynia
founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans
the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325