Nicaean

[ nahy-see-uhn ]

adjective

1. Nicene.

Nicaean

/ naɪˈsiːən /

adjective

1. a variant of Nicene

Example Sentences

The Nicaean church in which the seventh Council dispatched iconoclasm in the year 787 has been roofed and restored, and plans to build new hotels in the town are under way.

From New York Times

As a theologian, Ephraim shows himself a stout defender of Nicaean orthodoxy, with no leanings in the direction of either the Nestorian or the Monophysite heresies which arose after his time.

From Project Gutenberg

However, they had been won to the Arian and not the Nicaean creed, and consequently were regarded as heretics by the orthodox Romans, who never became reconciled to rulers of another confession than themselves.

From Project Gutenberg

Small wonder then that the Nicaean creed declares that Christ is "God of God, Light of light."

From Project Gutenberg

Cotelerius also refers to the Arabic Preface to the Nicaean Council.

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