Event
First Council of Nicaea: Constantine summons an ecumenical council of bishops in Nicaea (Turkey)
20 May 325 · 40.43° N, 29.72° E
What the records say
- When
- 20 May 325
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 40.43° N, 29.72° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, First Council of Nicaea.
Summary
First Council of Nicaea: Constantine summons an ecumenical council of bishops in Nicaea (Turkey). The Nicene Creed, adopted on June 19, declares that the members of the Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) are equal. The council decides that Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Arius is exiled to Illyria; his works are confiscated and consigned to the flames.
9 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “İznik Konsili, Roma İmparatorluğu topraklarında izinli olarak düzenlenen ilk resmî Hristiyanlık toplantısı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erstes Konzil von Nicäa – Nach einem Machtwort des Kaisers Konstantin I. wird der Arianismus verdammt und die Verbannung arianischer Geistlicher und die…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ouverture du concile œcuménique des évêques à Nicée, en Bithynie, convoqué par Constantin en présence de 318 évêques et de légats du pape Sylvestre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “I Никейский Вселенский Собор”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Concilio de Nicea I (actualmente Iznik, en Turquía), el primer concilio ecuménico de la Iglesia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “اولین شورای نیقیه: کنستانتین شورایی جهانی از اسقفها را در نیقیه (ترکیه) تشکیل میدهد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第一次尼西亞公會議,《尼西亞信經》被确定。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第1回ニカイア公会議。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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