How To Use Nicaea In A Sentence
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In Constantius 'days they almost all turned Arians, so that there were very few bishops that did not apostatize or betray the truth, even of the very men that had been in the Council of Nicaea.
The Reformed Pastor
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Archbishop of Nicaea; Balsamon, the chief chartophylax; Syropulos, the chief ecclesiarch, and the Bishops of Monembasia, Lacedaemon, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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The councils insisted on their definitions being accepted under pain of anathema, while St. Athanasius, for example, says that "the word of the Lord pronounced by the ecumenical synod of Nicaea stands for ever" (Ep. ad Afros, n. 2) and St. Leo the Great proves the unchangeable character of definitive conciliar teaching on the ground that God has irrevocably confirmed its truth "universae fraternitatis irretractabili firmavit assensu" (Ep. 120, 1).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
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My good sir, you will perceive that in this Nicaean discourse I have only as yet advanced as far as this — that a hero, whether he wins or loses, is a hero; and that if a fellow will but be honest and courageous, and do his best, we are for paying all honor to him.
Roundabout Papers
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This pattern continued in the early ecumenical councils, especially Nicaea.
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The first major city that the armies of the First Crusade sieged on their way to Jerusalem was Nicaea (now Iznik) in northwest Asia Minor.
Archive 2009-05-01
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Not only are they against the spirit and the letter of Anglican formularies, they are against one of the decrees of the Council of Nicaea, as we point out.
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The Arian denial of the Godhead of the Son (at the time of Nicaea) had carried with it the corollary that the Spirit too might be inferior to the Son, as the Son was to the Father.
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The Arians, who denied the full divinity of Christ, were spotlighted at the Council of Nicaea, and most of the council's work focused on accurately defining Jesus' nature.
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Presented with a dozen Nicaean stallions, Sabin felt like a glutton arriving at a groaning table.
The Falcons of Montabard
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In the Council of Nicaea, for instance, the bishops had to choose between homoousian and homoiousian to describe Jesus' nature: Is He of ‘one’ substance with the Father, or is He of ‘like’ substance to the Father?
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The first major city that the armies of the First Crusade sieged on their way to Jerusalem was Nicaea now Iznik in northwest Asia Minor.
How to intimidate your enemies, circa 1097
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Sava, fearful of the Roman influence, visited Nicaea and induced the Greek patriarch to recognize him as archbishop of all Serbia and as head of an autocephalous (independent) church.
F. Serbia
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The latter was astride his black Nicaean destrier with his flame-haired sons at either side.
The Falcons of Montabard
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But the annexation of the other planets of the Althosian system had left Nicaea economically and morally bankrupt.
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Accustomed to riding a spirited Nicaean stallion, he was now trying to adjust to a small grey donkey.
The Falcons of Montabard
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Not until the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon, three and four centuries, respectively, after the death of Jesus, did the custodians of his memory succeed in codifying
Who Do Men Say That I Am?
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'They are Nicaean horses, sir,' Amalric said, eager to show off his own knowledge and prove himself useful.
The Falcons of Montabard
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The Arian denial of the Godhead of the Son (at the time of Nicaea) had carried with it the corollary that the Spirit too might be inferior to the Son, as the Son was to the Father.
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And so, you have, I think, many frustrated evangelical Christians that have been an incredibly important part -- a third, if you will, to use the Nicaean formulation -- they've been a third.
CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2009
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Even Henry of England did not possess a Nicaean, but had to make do with Spanish stock.
The Falcons of Montabard
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The Arian denial of the Godhead of the Son (at the time of Nicaea) had carried with it the corollary that the Spirit too might be inferior to the Son, as the Son was to the Father.
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The Arians, who denied the full divinity of Christ, were spotlighted at the Council of Nicaea, and most of the council's work focused on accurately defining Jesus' nature.
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In 381, the Council of Constantinople reaffirmed the credo of Nicaea and condemned the semi-Arians, the homoiousians.
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Why, you might as well fight the ante- and post-Nicaean Fathers and Catholicism itself.
Founding Fathers vs. Church Fathers
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The problem with the Windsor Report's reference to the canons of Nicaea, some conservatives have responded, is that it focuses on the wrong heretics.
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Writing before the council of Nicaea, he speaks of Christ as a secondary deity.
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It brings in the Trinity,so you have Trinitarian theology becoming a bit more solidified at the council of Nicaea.
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Aristaenetus the Nicaean said, that he remembered he had read somewhere that sweet things mixed with wine make it less heady, and that some physicians prescribe to one that hath drunk freely, before he goes to bed, a crust of bread dipped in honey.
Symposiacs