First Council of Nicaea

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Christian event church council ecumenical council historical event

The First Council of Nicaea was a pivotal 4th-century Christian ecumenical council that defined core doctrines such as the divinity of Christ and produced the original Nicene Creed.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Council of Nicaea	17
Nicaea	2
Council of Nicaea (325)	1
Council of Nicaea (briefly, in later revisions)	1
First Council of Nicaea in 325	1
Homoiousios vs homoousios controversy	1
Nicaea I	1
canons of Nicaea	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian event ⓘ church council ⓘ ecumenical council ⓘ historical event ⓘ
affirmed	primacy of certain major sees ⓘ special status of the see of Alexandria ⓘ special status of the see of Antioch ⓘ special status of the see of Rome ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Council of Nicaea ⓘ surface form: Council of Nicaea First Council of Nicaea ⓘ surface form: Nicaea I
approvedBy	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great
canonLawSubject	church discipline ⓘ jurisdiction of bishops ⓘ ordination ⓘ
condemned	Arianism ⓘ teachings of Arius ⓘ
convenedBy	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great Roman emperor Constantine the Great ⓘ surface form: Roman Emperor Constantine I
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
declared	the Son is of one substance with the Father ⓘ
defined	consubstantiality of the Son with the Father ⓘ homoousios doctrine ⓘ
determined	method for calculating the date of Easter ⓘ
endTime	25 August 325 ⓘ 325 ⓘ
excommunicated	Arian bishops ⓘ Arius ⓘ
followedBy	First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
forbade	celebrating Easter on the Jewish Passover ⓘ
hasMainSubject	Arianism ⓘ surface form: Arian controversy Christology ⓘ divinity of Christ ⓘ relationship between Father and Son ⓘ
includedBishopsFrom	Western Roman Empire ⓘ
issued	20 disciplinary canons ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Greek ⓘ
location	Nicaea ⓘ Nicaea ⓘ surface form: Nicaea in Bithynia Roman Empire ⓘ
majorityOfBishopsFrom	Byzantine Empire ⓘ surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
numberOfBishopsAttending	about 220 ⓘ about 250 ⓘ about 300 ⓘ
partOf	Patristic era ⓘ history of Christianity ⓘ
precededBy	Council of Elvira ⓘ
presentDayCountry	Turkey ⓘ
presentDayLocation	İznik ⓘ
produced	Easter date decision ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ First Council of Nicaea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: canons of Nicaea original Nicene Creed ⓘ
recognizedBy	Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church most Protestant churches ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significance	first ecumenical council in Christian history ⓘ landmark in the relationship between Church and Roman state ⓘ pivotal in defining orthodox Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
startTime	20 May 325 ⓘ 325 ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

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

Canon 1 → relatedTo → First Council of Nicaea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Nicaea

Christianization of the Roman Empire → significantEvent → First Council of Nicaea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Nicaea

Constantinian dynasty → significantEvent → First Council of Nicaea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Nicaea

Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century → significantEvent → First Council of Nicaea ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Council of Nicaea in 325

İznik → siteOf → First Council of Nicaea ⓘ

Basil of Caesarea → supported → First Council of Nicaea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of Nicaea