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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
787 (Second Council of Nicaea)	1
Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea	1
Nicaea II	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 (12)

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

Second Council of Nicaea → alsoKnownAs → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nicaea II

Council of Hieria → condemnedBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Nicaea → councilDate → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

this entity surface form: 787 (Second Council of Nicaea)

Second Council of Nicaea → documentedIn → Second Council of Nicaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea

Constantinople III → followedBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Council of Hieria → followedBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Russian Orthodox Church → followsCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Nicaea → hosted → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Fourth Council of Constantinople → precededBy → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Third Council of Constantinople → precedes → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → recognizesCouncil → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ

İznik → siteOf → Second Council of Nicaea ⓘ