Second Council of Nicaea

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Second Council of Nicaea - the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images

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ecumenical council - (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline; "the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church"

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ecumenical council Nicaea Nicene Council			Biographer and confidant of the first Christian emperor Constantine, he was an active player at the Council of Nicaea, though his tolerant approach to Arianism and iconoclast sentiments marred his reputation in Byzantium where (787) the Second Council of Nicaea branded him heretical. Eastern Fathers of the Church by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight It comes from the heart of our tradition of prayer and celebrating the Word," he says, pointing out that in 787 the Second Council of Nicaea called icons "the Word of God in line and color. Painters anonymous by Gary, Heather Grennan / U.S. Catholic			seclusion seclusionist seclusive secobarbital secobarbital sodium Seconal second Second Advent Second Adventism Second Adventist second balcony second ballot second banana second base second baseman second battle of Ypres second best second blessing second chamber second childhood second class Second Coming Second Coming of Christ Second Council of Constantinople Second Council of Lyons Second Council of Nicaea second cousin second cranial nerve Second Crusade second deck Second distance Second Earl Grey Second Earl of Chatham Second Earl of Guilford Second Empire Second Epistel of John Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy Second Epistle of Peter Second Epistle to the Corinthians Second Epistle to the Thessalonians Second Epistle to Timothy second estate second fiddle second floor second gear second generation Second girl second growth second half			Second Coming of Christ Second Coming of Christ Second Coming of Christ Second Coming of Jesus Second Coming of Jesus Second Comings Second Comings Second Command Code Modifier Second Commandment Second Commandment Second Company Governor's Foot Guard Second company grip Second Complete Remission Second Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Second Conference on Aging in the Americas Second Confiscation Act Second Confiscation Act Second Congress of Comintern Second Congress of Comintern Second Congress of Soviets of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party Second Conserved Cysteine to Histidine Second Consortium of Local Authorities Second Corinthians Second Corinthians Second cosmic velocity Second cosmic velocity Second Council of Constantinople Second Council of Lyon Second Council of Lyons Second Council of Nicaea Second Council of Nicæa Second Council of Nicea Second Council of the Lateran Second Council of the Lateran second countable topological space second cousin second cousin second cousin Second cousin once removed Second cousin once removed Second cousin once removed Second cousin once removed Second cousin once-removed Second cousin once-removed Second cousin once-removed Second cousin twice removed Second cousin twice removed Second cousin twice removed Second cousin, once removed Second cousin, once removed Second cousin, once removed Second cousin, once-removed Second cousin, once-removed Second cousin, once-removed Second cousins Second cousins Second cousins second cousins once removed second cousins once removed second cousins once removed

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