ALL meanings of nicene council
Ni·cene coun·cil
N n - noun nicene council either of two church councils that met at Nicaea, the first in a.d. 325 to deal with the Arian heresy, the second in a.d. 787 to consider the question of the veneration of images. 1
- noun nicene council the first council of Nicaea, the first general council of the Church, held in 325 ad to settle the Arian controversy 0
- noun nicene council the second council of Nicaea, the seventh general council of the Church, held in 787 ad to settle the question of images 0
- noun nicene council either of two church councils that met in Nicaea in a.d. 325 and a.d. 787; esp., the first of these, that condemned Arianism and adopted the Nicene Creed 0