Nicene

英 ['naisi:n; ,nai'si:n] 美
  • adj. 小亚细亚旧都尼西亚的

英文词源


Nicene (adj.)
early 15c., in reference to Nicaea (Greek Nikaia, modern Turkish Isnik), city in Bithynia where ecclesiastical council of 325 C.E. dealt with the Arian schism and produced the Nicene Creed. A second council held there (787) considered the question of images.

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