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Council of Nicaea can refer to: First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787 Other related archivesFirst Council of Nicaea, Second Council of Nicaea

First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - 325 Events May 20 - First Council of Nicaea - first "Ecumenical Council" of the Christian Church: The Nicene Creed is formulated, the date of Easter is discussed. Gladiatorial combat is outlawed in the Roman Empire. The Church of the Nativity is built in Bethlehem Jin Cheng Di succeeds Jin Ming Di as emperor of China. Births Procopius, attempted usurper of the Roman Empire (approximate date) Ammianus Marcellinus, ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia II - First Council of Nicaea - The Nicene Creed symbol

By and large, many creeds were acceptable to the members of the council. From his perspective, even Arius could cite such a creed. For Bishop Alexander and others, however, greater clarity was required. Some distinctive elements in the Nicene Creed, perhaps from the hand of Hosius of Cordova, were added. Jesus Christ is described as "God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God." Jesus Christ is said to be "begotten, not made." Finally, he is said to be "from the substance of the Father." No follo ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Psilanthropism

In Christianity, Psilanthropism or Socinianism is a Christological view that denies the divine nature of Jesus. The presumed etymology of "psilanthropism" stems from the Greek psilo (merely, only) and anthropos (man, human being). Psilanthropism was rejected by the ecumenical councils, especially in the First Council of Nicaea, which was convened to deal directly with this. Compare with: Heresy See: Nicene Creed, Holy Trinity, Arian, Socinianism ...

First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Constantinian shift

Constantinian shift is a term used by Anabaptist and Post-Christendom theologians to describe the gradual shift towards Christendom. This shift began in 312 when Emperor Constantine I adopted Christianity as his imperial cult after the Battle of Milvian Bridge. His legions, who were victorious, fought under the Labarum, the first two Greek letters of Christ's name. In 313 the Edict of Milan legitimized Christianity alongside other religions practiced in the Roman Empire. In 325, the First Council of Nicaea signalled consolidati ...

First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Audianism

Audianism was a Fourth Century Christian heresy. The Audians were named after their leader, Audius (or Audaeus). Their heretical beliefs included both anthropomorphism (holding that God has human form) and quartodecimanism (honouring the death of Christ on the same day as the Jewish Passover). The First Council of Nicaea, which attempted to unify the early church, finally outlawed quartodecimanism. The Audians, however, continued this practice. Epiphanius called attention to the Audian heresy (as well as other heresies) ...

First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Gnosticism

Gnosticism is a blanket term for various mystical initiatory religions, sects and knowledge schools, which were most prominent in the first few centuries AD. It is also applied to modern revivals of these groups and, sometimes, by analogy to all religious movements based on secret knowledge gnosis, thus can lead to confusion. The occult nature of gnostic teaching (as seen from a modern viewpoint) and the fact that much of the material relating to the schools comprising Gnosticism has traditionally come from critiques by orthodo ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - 787

787 - Events. Second Council of Nicaea ends the first iconoclastic period in the Byzantine Empire Canual succeeds Talorgen as king of the Picts. Mass slaughter of heathen Saxons at Verden by Charlemagne; see Verden's bloody trial the first three Viking ships landed in Wessex/England and the Norsemen started to plunder towns and coastal monasteries 787 - Births. Abu Mas'har, scholar 787 - Deaths. Including:

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Council of Sirmium

The Council of Sirmium is the name primarily given to the third Council of Sirmium which marked a temporary compromise between Arianism and the Western bishops of the Christian church. In all, there were four councils held at Sirmium (now Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina province of Serbia and Montenegro) between 347 AD and 359 AD of which at least three dealt primarily with the Arian issue. All of these councils were held under the rule of Constantius II who was sympathetic to the Arians. Council of Sirmium - Backgrou ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Ecumenical council

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Ante-Nicene Fathers

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Alexander of Constantinople

Saint Alexander (between 237 and 244 - 337), bishop of Byzantium and first bishop of Constantinople until his death, as the city was then called (Theod. Hist. i. 19) for about 23 years. His consecration, which was variously dated between AD 313 and 317, took place when he was 73 years of age (Socrates Scholasticus Hist. ii. 6; Sozomen Hist. iii. 3).† His feast day is on August 31. Alexander was highly praised by Gregory Nazianzus (Or. 27) and Epiphanius of Cyprus (adv. Haer. lxix. 10). Theodoret called hi ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Maruthas

Maruthas was bishop of Tagrit or Maypherkat in Mesopotamia, friend of St. John Chrysostom, believed to have died before 420. He is honoured as a Saint by Catholics, Greek Orthodoxs and Copts, his feast being kept on the 4th of December. He brought into his episcopal city the relics of so many martyrs that it received the name Martyropolis. In the interests of the Church of Persia, which had suffered much in the persecution of Shapur II, he came to Constantinople, but found Emperor Arcadius too busily engaged in the affairs of St. John ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Oriental Orthodoxy

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Orthodox Christianity

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Coptic calendar

The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian Calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church. It is based on the Ancient Egyptian calendar. To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the Ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy III (Decree of Canopus, in 238 BC) which consisted in the intercalation of a 6th epagomenal day every fourth year. However, this reform was opposed by the Egyptian priests, and the idea was not adopted until 25 BC, when the Roman Emperor Augustus formally reformed t ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Synod of Whitby

The Synod of Whitby was an important synod which eventually led to the unification of the church in Britain and the closing of the gap between Roman and Celtic church doctrines. Summoned by King Oswiu of Northumbria in AD 663, the synod was held in 664 at Whitby Abbey, which was Saint Hilda's double monastery of Streonshalh, at Whitby. Synod of Whitby - The Problem. Christianity in Britain existed in two forms: Celtic Christianity, which had dominated in Scotland, Wales and parts of the North of England, an ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Cyril of Jerusalem

Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church (315 - 386). He is venerated as a saint by both the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. In 1883 the Holy See declared him a Doctor of the Church. Cyril of Jerusalem - Life and character. Little is known of his life before he became bishop; the assignment of the year 315 for his birth rests on mere conjecture. He seems to have been ordained deacon by Bishop Macarius of Jerusalem about 335, and priest some ten yea ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Nicene Creed

The Nicene Creed (Latin: Symbolum Nicenum), Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Icon/Symbol of the Faith, is the most widespread Christian statement of faith. The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed is the most widely accepted creed in the Christian church, it is up to present time in use in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Coptic, Nestorian, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and most Protestant churches. Nicene Creed - Nomenclature. There are several designations for the two Nicene c ...

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First Council of Nicaea: Encyclopedia - Iconoclasm

Literally, iconoclasm is the destruction of religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually for religious or political motives. In Christian circles, iconoclasm has generally been motivated by a literal interpretation of the second of the ten commandments, which forbids the making and worshipping of "graven images". It has sometimes been motivated by christological or even political concerns as well. People who engage in such practices are called iconoclasts, a term that has come to be applied to any person who breaks or disdains established dogmas or conventions. Conversely, people who revere or venera ...

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