Nicaea

[ nahy-see-uh ]

noun

1. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.

Nicaea

/ naɪˈsiːə /

noun

1. an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Bithynia: site of the first council of Nicaea (325 ad ), which composed the Nicene Creed Modern Turkish nameIznik

Example Sentences

“It’s so cool how you know all this lore and expanded universe stuff,” JP says after Paul brings up the First Council of Nicaea.

From New York Times

Twelve years later, he convened the Council of Nicaea – a gathering of Christian bishops from across the empire – in what is now Turkey.

From The Guardian

Godeffroy was an eleventh-century crusader who led Christian armies through Nicaea and Constantinople, and into Jerusalem, slaughtering as many Muslims as he could find.

From The New Yorker

Since the Council of Nicaea, Christians have been prone to issue joint statements designed to draw the boundaries of orthodoxy — and cast their rivals beyond them.

From Washington Post

This heterodox vision of the Trinity roiled the ancient church for centuries, even after the Council of Nicaea deemed it a heresy in 325.

From Washington Post