....that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Ignatius of Antioch (thought to have been martyred sometime around 107 AD) is the first one we have on record as refering to the Christian Church by the word "Catholic".
He also stressed that the local bishop is the focus of unity and is the representative of God on earth.
Clement, Bishop of Rome (known to Catholics as Pope Clement I) used this line of authority to intervene sometime around 100 AD in a dispute in the church at Corinth where they replaced the old men in leadership positions with new, younger men. Already the Bishop of Rome (later known as the Papacy) was gaining power over Christianity with a hierarchy set up in Rome. Clement would go on to use this idea as a case for "Apostolic succession" in his fight with the Gnostics.
"In its native tongue and its ecclesiastical setting the term Nicolaitans means the bishops and prelates of the Church have gained a triumphal victory or conquest over the LAITON, the laity. Members are compelled and forced to submit to the arbitrary dominion of men who have become that thing which God hates:" BibleStudy
who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ,
and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
* Note - Some also think the Nicolaitans were a Gnostic sect. I'm sure there are other opinions out there too.
Revelation 2:6
* Note-Notice that the Nicolaitans were already rising up in the early church (here in Revelation the 1st of the 7 churches is Ephesus, the early years of the Christian Church)
* Note-Notice that the Nicolaitans were already rising up in the early church (here in Revelation the 1st of the 7 churches is Ephesus, the early years of the Christian Church)
Ignatius of Antioch (thought to have been martyred sometime around 107 AD) is the first one we have on record as refering to the Christian Church by the word "Catholic".
Clement, Bishop of Rome (known to Catholics as Pope Clement I) used this line of authority to intervene sometime around 100 AD in a dispute in the church at Corinth where they replaced the old men in leadership positions with new, younger men. Already the Bishop of Rome (later known as the Papacy) was gaining power over Christianity with a hierarchy set up in Rome. Clement would go on to use this idea as a case for "Apostolic succession" in his fight with the Gnostics.
----Nicolaitans----
without the legal Greek construction, the English hyphenated word
----NIKOS-LAOS-TON----
Nikos=Conquest
Laos=people
Ton=the
Nikos=Conquest
Laos=people
Ton=the
"In its native tongue and its ecclesiastical setting the term Nicolaitans means the bishops and prelates of the Church have gained a triumphal victory or conquest over the LAITON, the laity. Members are compelled and forced to submit to the arbitrary dominion of men who have become that thing which God hates:" BibleStudy
Peter's advice was different than
the views of Ignatius of Antioch or Clement I
The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ,
and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
Feed the flock of God which is among you,
taking the oversight thereof,
not by
constraint, but willingly;
not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Neither as being lords over God's heritage,
but being ensamples to the flock.
1 Peter 5:1-3* Note - Some also think the Nicolaitans were a Gnostic sect. I'm sure there are other opinions out there too.