In concilio
Nicœni tractatus—“the Council of the Nicene
tractate or creed,” possibly. The reference is plain,
though there are various readings, and tractatus may not mean
the creed. The real difficulty is that in the 20 extant Canons of
Nicæa, there is no reference of the kind, and there is no evidence
that any are missing. Perhaps St. Ambrose is quoting from memory,
or some faulty collection, and so other canons are wrongly spoken of as
Nicene. On the subject comp. St. Ambr. de Off. I. 257, and
Dict. Chr. Ant. art. “Digamy.”