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• Second Council of NicaeaHistory

  The Second Council of Nicaea was a council held in 787 at Nicaea in the Eastern Roman Empire. Amid the iconoclast controversy, it reaffirmed the veneration of icons. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church accept it as the Seventh Ecumenical Council.

• Council of EphesusHistory

  The Council of Ephesus was a church council held in 431 at Ephesus in Asia Minor. It was convened to address the relationship between the divinity and humanity of Christ and whether Mary may be called Theotokos ("God-bearer"), and it is counted as the third ecumenical council.

• Edict of ThessalonicaHistory

  The Edict of Thessalonica was an edict issued in 380 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I together with his co-emperors. It established the Trinitarian faith of the Council of Nicaea as the orthodox faith of the empire and declared those who did not follow it to be heretics.

• Second Vatican CouncilHistory

  A council of the Catholic Church held at the Vatican in Rome from 1962 to 1965. Under the banner of church renewal and dialogue with the modern world, it approved the celebration of Mass in vernacular languages, dialogue with other Christians, and religious freedom, among other decisions.

• Easter ControversyHistory

  The Easter controversy is a dispute within the church, dating back to the second century, over when Easter should be observed. The term encompasses the Quartodeciman controversy in Asia Minor, the decision of the Council of Nicaea, and the calendar differences between the Western and Eastern churches.

• HomoousiosDoctrine & Theology

  Homoousios is a Greek theological term affirming that the Son is true God, "of the same essence" as the Father. Adopted into the creed of the Council of Nicaea in 325, it became the standard for the doctrine of the Trinity.

• Nicene CreedDoctrine & Theology

  The Nicene Creed is a confession of faith first drafted at the Council of Nicaea in 325 and expanded at the Council of Constantinople in 381. It summarizes the Trinitarian faith and is one of the principal ecumenical creeds, accepted by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and Protestant churches alike.

• Constantine IPeople

  Constantine I (c. 272–337) was the Roman emperor who legalized Christianity and convened the Council of Nicaea. During his reign the church changed from a persecuted minority into a religion enjoying imperial protection.

• Early ChurchHistory

  The early church is the church of Christianity's first period, which arose around the apostles after the resurrection of Jesus. The term commonly designates the church from the apostolic age until the legalization of Christianity in 313 or the Council of Nicaea in 325.

• ArianismHeresies & Cults

  Arianism is the teaching advanced by Arius of Alexandria in the fourth century. It regards Christ the Son not as God of the same essence as the Father but as the first and highest creature made by God. It was condemned at the Council of Nicaea in 325.

• AthanasiusPeople

  Athanasius (c. 296 or 298–373) was a fourth-century bishop of Alexandria. He defended the full divinity of the Son against Arianism and is known as the first to set forth the list of twenty-seven New Testament books recognized today.

• Council of ChalcedonHistory

  The Council of Chalcedon was a church council convened in 451 by the Eastern Roman emperor Marcian. It adopted the Chalcedonian Definition, which confesses that Jesus Christ has two natures, divine and human, in one person.

• Council of JerusalemBible

  The Council of Jerusalem is an event recorded in Acts 15. The apostles and elders of the Jerusalem church met to consider whether Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the law of Moses, and they reached a decision on the matter.

• Council of TrentHistory

  The Council of Trent was a council of the Roman Catholic Church held from 1545 to 1563 in Trent (Trento) in northern Italy. In response to the Reformation, it defined Catholic doctrine and reformed the internal life of the Church.

• Council of LaodiceaHistory

  The Council of Laodicea was a regional church synod held in the late fourth century at Laodicea in Asia Minor. It produced fifty-nine or sixty canons concerning worship, the clergy, the treatment of heretics, and related matters, and it is frequently cited for its canons on Sunday observance and its list of canonical books.

• Council of ArlesHistory

  The Council of Arles was a meeting of bishops of the Western church, convened by Emperor Constantine in 314 at Arles in Gaul. It examined the Donatist controversy, upheld Caecilian as bishop of Carthage, and issued regulations concerning baptism, the laying on of hands, and Easter.

• First Council of ConstantinopleHistory

  The First Council of Constantinople was a church council convened in 381 by the Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius I at Constantinople (present-day Istanbul, Türkiye). It affirmed the divinity of the Holy Spirit and supplemented the Nicene faith, establishing the basic framework of the doctrine of the Trinity. It is counted as the second ecumenical council.

• Christian Council of KoreaInstitutions

  The Christian Council of Korea (CCK; Korean abbreviation Hangichong) is an interdenominational body of Korean Protestant denominations founded in 1989 under the leadership of Rev. Han Kyung-chik and other senior conservative church leaders. It was long regarded as the representative organization of conservative Korean Protestantism, but after a series of schisms in the 2010s its major member denominations withdrew.

• National Council of Churches in KoreaInstitutions

  The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK), successor to the Korean National Christian Council founded in 1924, is a council of churches in which Korean Protestant denominations and the Korean Orthodox Church participate together.