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Nicaean

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Ni·cae·a  (n-s)
An ancient city of Bithynia in northwest Asia Minor. Dating from the fourth century b.c., it flourished during Roman times. The Nicene Creed was adopted at an ecumenical council convened here by Constantine I in a.d. 325.
Ni·caean adj.
Nicaean [naɪˈsiːən]
adj
(Placename) a variant of Nicene
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Adj.1.Nicaean - of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
Nicene
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The Nicaean and Chalcedonian formulations of doctrine grew out of centuries of struggling to refine and clarify what the Scriptural accounts of Christ were telling us and to reject false or inadequate interpretations.
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Of the 250-300 bishops present, only a few opposed the Nicaean Creed as it was formulated.
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Regaining authority (378--triumphally recounted, Letter 10), he attended a Nicaean synod at Antioch, visited his dying sister, and off-loaded the unwanted See of Sebaste onto brother Peter.
St. Gregory of Nyssa by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight
 
 
 
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