the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism | people living in a large densely populated municipality |
the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts |
an ancient city in Bithynia; founded in the 4th century BC and flourished under the Romans; the Nicene Creed was adopted there in 325 | |