Second Council of Nicaea

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church council ecumenical council

The Second Council of Nicaea was the seventh ecumenical council of the Christian Church, held in 787, best known for restoring the veneration of icons and condemning iconoclasm.

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Label Occurrences
Second Council of Nicaea canonical 31
787 (Second Council of Nicaea) 1
Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church council ⓘ
ecumenical council ⓘ
affirmed Christological basis for images of Christ ⓘ
tradition of the Church Fathers ⓘ
use of icons in churches ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
surface form: Nicaea II

Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Seventh Ecumenical Council
approvedBy Pope Hadrian I ⓘ
chronologicalPosition Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: seventh ecumenical council
condemned Council of Hieria ⓘ
iconoclast teachings ⓘ
convokedBy Emperor Constantine VI ⓘ
Empress Irene of Athens ⓘ
country Byzantine Empire ⓘ
declaredThat veneration of icons is permissible and beneficial ⓘ
worship (latria) is due to God alone ⓘ
denomination Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
distinguishedBetween veneration (proskynesis) and adoration (latria) ⓘ
documentedIn Second Council of Nicaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea
endTime 787-10-23 ⓘ
followedBy Fourth Council of Constantinople ⓘ
follows Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
hasEffect condemnation of iconoclasm ⓘ
end of first phase of Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
restoration of the veneration of icons ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
legalForm canons ⓘ
dogmatic definitions ⓘ
location Nicaea ⓘ
Nicaea ⓘ
surface form: Nicea
locationNowIn Turkey ⓘ
İznik ⓘ
notRecognizedBy some Protestant denominations ⓘ
numberOfCanons 22 ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Iconoclasm ⓘ
history of Christianity ⓘ
pointInTime 787 ⓘ
presidedBy Tarasios of Constantinople ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significance last ecumenical council accepted by both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches ⓘ
startTime 787-09-24 ⓘ
topic iconoclasm ⓘ
liturgy ⓘ
relics ⓘ
sacred images ⓘ
saints ⓘ
veneration of icons ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Third Council of Constantinople → precedes → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Second Council of Nicaea → alsoKnownAs → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicaea II
Second Council of Nicaea → documentedIn → Second Council of Nicaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea
Russian Orthodox Church → followsCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
İznik → siteOf → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Nicaea → hosted → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Nicaea → councilDate → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
this entity surface form: 787 (Second Council of Nicaea)
Fourth Council of Constantinople → precededBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Council of Hieria → condemnedBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Council of Hieria → followedBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Constantinople III → followedBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Byzantine Iconoclasm → significantEvent → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Empress Irene of Athens → notableEvent → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Empress Irene of Athens → organized → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Pope Hadrian I → participantIn → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Iconoclasm → significantEvent → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
subject surface form: Byzantine Iconoclasm
Tarasios of Constantinople → participatedIn → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Emperor Constantine VI → participatedIn → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
subject surface form: Constantine VI
Seven Ecumenical Councils → includesCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Byzantine theology → shapedByCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Iconoclast Council of 754 → preceded → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Iconoclast Council of 754 → followedBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Triumph of Orthodoxy → associatedWithCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Synod of Constantinople in 843 → confirms → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy → associatedCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Isaurian dynasty → notableEvent → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Tarasios → participatedIn → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
regency of Irene of Athens → hasPart → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
subject surface form: Regency of Irene of Athens
regency of Irene of Athens → significantEvent → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
subject surface form: Regency of Irene of Athens
regency of Irene of Athens → associatedWithCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
subject surface form: Regency of Irene of Athens
this entity surface form: Second Council of Nicaea (787)
Byzantine Empire under Isaurian dynasty → hasCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Adrian I → participantIn → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
Adrian I → sentLegatesTo → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ
autocephalous Church of Greece → recognizesCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ