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from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to Nicæa or Nice, a town of Bithynia, Asia Minor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Nice, a town of Asia Minor, or to the ecumenical council held there a. d. 325.
- adjective a summary of Christian faith, composed and adopted by the Council of Nice, against Arianism, a. d. 325, altered and confirmed by the Council of Constantinople, a. d. 381, and by subsequent councils.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the ancient city of Nicaea in Asia Minor
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All "christian" denominations believe in something called the nicene and apostles creed, which states:
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All "christian" denominations believe in something called the nicene and apostles creed, which states:
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Having looked at the divinity of Christ in the scriptures and the pre-nicene Fathers, we'll be going on next time to begin looking at the Council of Ephesus and the Nestorian heresy.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Before I start, I think what The CB has highlighted is the fact for a definition of "Christian" - which is why in my second comment I tried to go back to the earliest consensus - made by the catholic church at the time and before Mohamed came along - and that consensus, to me, seems to be between the nicene and the apostles creed.
Self-Critical Faith James F. McGrath 2009
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In my country most would be lying if they said that they remembered what the Oecumenical Synodus of Nicaea was or was about, but everyone,I mean 99% everyone knows or knows about the nicene creed here being called the “Pisteuo”= “I believe” or “Symbolon tes Pisteos”= “Symbol of Faith”.
Divided by a common language: Richard Dawkins clarifies his position - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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_Apocryphal Gospels_ are most conveniently found in _Ante-nicene Fathers_, VIII.
The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees
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Graham agreed that this is a problem for journalists and historians. one man's 'evangelical' is another's 'fundamentalist.' long ago, Graham stressed that this term must be understood in doctrinal terms, if it is to be understood at all. he finally defined an 'evangelical' as someone who believes all the doctrines in the ancient nicene creed.
jeffreymark 2008
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Graham agreed that this is a problem for journalists and historians. one man's 'evangelical' is another's 'fundamentalist.' long ago, Graham stressed that this term must be understood in doctrinal terms, if it is to be understood at all. he finally defined an 'evangelical' as someone who believes all the doctrines in the ancient nicene creed.
jeffreymark 2008
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the nicene creed and the “holy” tradition (mysteries,saints,seremonies,monastecism,language in use,non polyphonic byzantine music (not totally valid for rusia and some others) etc) in the east are strictly kept.
Divided by a common language: Richard Dawkins clarifies his position - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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It’s what Katarina mentioned about the nicene creed and how formal christianity is defined around it.
Divided by a common language: Richard Dawkins clarifies his position - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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