21,4-9; Wis. 16,5-14; Ex. 25, 10-22; 1 Kings 6,23-28; 7, 23-26). The seventh Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (787) justified the veneration of icons of Christ, his mother and the angels and saints. The ...
The Second Council of Nicaea dealt with iconoclasm – the belief that images or icons of saints should not be used as a part ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said on Thursday that he hopes to travel to Turkey next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council.