Explore Nicene through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like city or metropolis. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nicene meaning
- Of or pertaining to Nicaea.
- Of or pertaining to the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, or to the churches that profess the Nicene Creed, the formulation of which began at this council.
Synonyms of Nicene
Using Nicene
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to Nicaea. | Of or pertaining to the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, or to the churches that profess the Nicene Creed, the formulation of which began at this council.
- Useful related words include: nicaean, city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, nicene often appears in combinations such as: the nicene, nicene creed, nicene and.
Context around Nicene
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nicene
- In this selection, "nicene" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, post, proclaimed, fathers, creed and terminology stand out and add context to how "nicene" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and post nicene fathers second and from nicene and post. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nicene" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nicene
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Philip Schaff, ed., Nicene and Post-nicene Fathers: Second Series. (10 words)
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (17 words)
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 13. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. (17 words)
The first group mainly opposed the Nicene terminology and preferred the term homoiousios (alike in substance) to the Nicene homoousios, while they rejected Arius and his teaching and accepted the equality and coeternality of the persons of the Trinity. (39 words)
After the acceptance of Filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Rome, Orthodox Christians in the East started to refer to adherents of Filioquism in the West just as "Latins" considering them no longer to be "Catholics". (38 words)
An adherent of Manichaeism is called, especially in older sources, Such as the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series, ed. Philip Schaff, writing of Augustine a Manichee, or more recently Manichaean. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
An adherent of Manichaeism is called, especially in older sources, Such as the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers First Series, ed. Philip Schaff, writing of Augustine a Manichee, or more recently Manichaean.
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, II, 22, 1-8, in Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (editors), A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church 2nd series.
From: A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume 11. New York, 1894.
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 13. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 1. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 2. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol. 3. Edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace.
Philip Schaff, ed., Nicene and Post-nicene Fathers: Second Series.
Socrates, Sozomenus: Church Histories (A Select Library of Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, second series, vol.
The first group mainly opposed the Nicene terminology and preferred the term homoiousios (alike in substance) to the Nicene homoousios, while they rejected Arius and his teaching and accepted the equality and coeternality of the persons of the Trinity.
These marks derived from the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, which we recite at Mass on Sundays and liturgical solemnities.
A deep chasm developed between the East and West, becoming critical around 350, known as the Aryan, or Nicene controversy.
After the acceptance of Filioque clause into the Nicene Creed by the Rome, Orthodox Christians in the East started to refer to adherents of Filioquism in the West just as "Latins" considering them no longer to be "Catholics".
After the lapse of three years, he succeeded in regaining the imperial favor by convincing Constantine that Arius and his views do not conflict with the proclaimed Nicene Creed.
Arius and his sympathizers, e.g. Eusebius of Nicomedia were admitted back into the church after ostensibly accepting the Nicene creed.
As debates raged in an attempt to come up with a new formula, three camps evolved among the opponents of the Nicene creed.
Background When Theodosius ascended to the imperial throne in 380, he began on a campaign to bring the Eastern Church back to Nicene Christianity.
Beyond the second coming of Jesus, bodily resurrection, and final judgment, all of which is affirmed in the Nicene Creed (325 CE), Orthodoxy does not teach much else in any definitive manner.
Christians overwhelmingly assert that monotheism is central to the Christian faith, as the Nicene Creed (and others), which gives the orthodox Christian definition of the Trinity, begins: "I believe in one God".
Common combinations with nicene
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the nicene 26×
- nicene creed 18×
- nicene and 11×
- of nicene 5×
- from nicene 5×
- to nicene 3×
- nicene christianity 3×
- nicene orthodoxy 3×
- nicene formula 2×