First Council of Nicaea

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The First Council of Nicaea was a pivotal 4th-century Christian ecumenical council that defined core doctrines such as the divinity of Christ and produced the original Nicene Creed.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian event ⓘ
church council ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
affirmed primacy of certain major sees ⓘ
special status of the see of Alexandria ⓘ
special status of the see of Antioch ⓘ
special status of the see of Rome ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Nicaea I ⓘ
approvedBy Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantinus Magnus
canonLawSubject church discipline ⓘ
jurisdiction of bishops ⓘ
ordination ⓘ
condemned Arianism ⓘ
teachings of Arius ⓘ
convenedBy Constantine the Great ⓘ
linked to: Constantinus Magnus

Roman Emperor Constantine I ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
declared the Son is of one substance with the Father ⓘ
defined consubstantiality of the Son with the Father ⓘ
homoousios doctrine ⓘ
determined method for calculating the date of Easter ⓘ
endTime 25 August 325 ⓘ
325 ⓘ
excommunicated Arian bishops ⓘ
Arius ⓘ
followedBy First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
forbade celebrating Easter on the Jewish Passover ⓘ
hasMainSubject Arian controversy ⓘ
linked to: Arianism

Christology ⓘ
divinity of Christ ⓘ
relationship between Father and Son ⓘ
includedBishopsFrom Western Roman Empire ⓘ
issued 20 disciplinary canons ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Greek ⓘ
location Nicaea ⓘ
Nicaea in Bithynia ⓘ
linked to: Nicaea

Roman Empire ⓘ
majorityOfBishopsFrom Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire
numberOfBishopsAttending about 220 ⓘ
about 250 ⓘ
about 300 ⓘ
partOf Patristic era ⓘ
history of Christianity ⓘ
precededBy Council of Elvira ⓘ
presentDayCountry Turkey ⓘ
presentDayLocation İznik ⓘ
produced Easter date decision ⓘ
Nicene Creed ⓘ
canons of Nicaea ⓘ
original Nicene Creed ⓘ
recognizedBy Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

most Protestant churches ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significance first ecumenical council in Christian history ⓘ
landmark in the relationship between Church and Roman state ⓘ
pivotal in defining orthodox Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
startTime 20 May 325 ⓘ
325 ⓘ

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