Posted on 06/20/2014 8:26:01 AM PDT by Salvation
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NICOLAITANS
A Christian sect in the early Church in Ephesus and Pergamum; it had a divisive influence because it encouraged pagan food practices condemned by the Church (Revelation 2:15). In Revelation, John speaks of them bitterly when he says, "It is in your favor that you loathe as I do what the Nicolaitans are doing" (Revelation 2:6). (Etym. Greek nikolaites [sing.], follower of Nicolaus.)
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Interesting! What practices?
I've always read that no one knows who they were or what they believed. Everything is speculation.
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