Well attestedNamed through a historical place-name
Nicene Creed
noun · first attested 4th century
A creed recited worldwide is named for a Turkish town now famous for tiles.
The statement of Christian belief adopted by the church council that met at Nicaea in 325.
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- Relationship
- Named through a historical place-name
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 4th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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İznik
- In English
Nicene Creed
Nicaea, where Constantine summoned the bishops, is the modern İznik in northwestern Turkey, celebrated since the sixteenth century for its ceramics. The text most churches actually recite is the expanded version agreed at Constantinople in 381, so even the name is only half right.
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