| This pattern continued in the early ecumenical councils, especially Nicaea. |
| Pope Adrian I, who encouraged Western recognition of the iconodulic Council of Nicaea, also referred to the perspicuity of the icons. |
| The decision in favour of the Athanasian view at Nicaea did not immediately end the controversy. |
| As Lewis Ayres shows in his book Nicaea and its Legacy, there were numerous points of disagreement and dissent. |
| Writing before the council of Nicaea, he speaks of Christ as a secondary deity. |
| As they witness to God's love for the world, our churches need to use the findings of contemporary science as did the Fathers of Nicaea. |
