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The First Council of Nicaea (/ n aɪ ˈ s iː ə / ny-SEE-ə; Ancient Greek: Σύνοδος τῆς Νίκαιας, romanized: Sýnodos tês Níkaias) was a council of Christian bishops convened in the Bithynian city of Nicaea (now İznik, Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I. The Council of Nicaea met from May until the end of July 325.
Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine (centre), accompanied by the bishops of the First Council of Nicaea (325), holding the Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed of 381. In the history of Christianity, the first seven ecumenical councils include the following: the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Council of Chalcedon ...
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The Fourth Council of the Lateran declared this doctrine. confession – acknowledgment of sin (or one's sinfulness) or wrongs. The Fourth Council of the Lateran declare that every Christian must perform confession at least once a year. communion – Christian sacrament or ordinance. The Fourth Council of the Lateran declare that every ...
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Christianity in the 4th century was dominated in its early stage by Constantine the Great and the First Council of Nicaea of 325, which was the beginning of the period of the First seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787), and in its late stage by the Edict of Thessalonica of 380, which made Nicene Christianity the state church of the Roman Empire.
Nicaea (also spelled Nicæa or Nicea, / n aɪ ˈ s iː ə / ny-SEE-ə; [9] Latin: [niːˈkae̯.a]), also known as Nikaia (Ancient Greek: Νίκαια, Attic: [nǐːkai̯a], Koine:), was an ancient Greek city in the north-western Anatolian region of Bithynia [4] [10] [11] that is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and seventh Ecumenical councils in ...
The original Nicene Creed was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea, which opened on 19 June 325.The text ends with anathemas against Arian propositions, preceded by the words: "We believe in the Holy Spirit" which terminates the statements of belief.