Who were the Nicolaitanes? No: 951 - Worldwide Church of God - 1958

Worldwide Church of God

Who were the Nicolaitanes? The doctrines of this body of heretics has never ceased to puzzle Church historians. They have always imagined that the Nicolaitanes had to be a small sect which separated from the great worldly body of professing Christians. It has never occurred to the scholars that the Nicolaitanes might be that great body of professing Christians which has departed from the true Church of God! What does the word "Nicolaitane" mean? It has nothing to do with the deacon Nicolas (Acts 6:5), as some have assumed. The original Greek word "Nicolaitane" means one who is "a follower of Nicolas." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library