Nicaea
Asia Minor
Nicaea, a city in Bithynia (northwestern Asia Minor), served as an imperial administrative center and became the birthplace of Christian creedal orthodoxy through the First Ecumenical Council.
12 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
- 325
The First Ecumenical Council: The First Council of Nice
- 787
The Seventh Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Nice
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Nicaea. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Ecumenical Council21 passages
- Second Council of Nicaea (787)17 passages
- Holy Orders (Ordination)16 passages
- First Council of Nicaea (325)15 passages
- Iconoclasm15 passages
- Veneration of Icons11 passages
- Heresy7 passages
- Excommunication & Penitential Discipline7 passages
- Apostolic Succession6 passages
- Veneration of Icons & Holy Images5 passages
- Ministerial Priesthood5 passages
- Arianism5 passages