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1. The first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
   - First Council of Nicaea
    
2. The seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
   - Second Council of Nicaea
    
3. An ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325

See also: Nicaean

Type of: city, ecumenical council, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Bithynia

Encyclopedia: Nicaea