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HERn · 08-27-2014, 07:48 AM

Not that Scofield's comments are the "cat's meow", but here's what's in his 1917 version:

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2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Nicolaitanes

From nikao, "to conquer," and laos, "the people," or "laity." There is no ancient authority for a sect of the Nicolaitanes. If the word is symbolic it refers to the earliest form of the notion of a priestly order, or "clergy," which later divided an equal brotherhood Matthew 23:8 into "priests" and "laity." What in Ephesus was "deeds" Revelation 2:6 had become in Pergamos a "doctrine Revelation 2:15 .

Nicolaitanes Revelation 2:15, contra, ; 1 Peter 5:2 1 Peter 5:3 ; Matthew 24:49 .
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WL made reference to this somewhere and during my "due diligence" early days I found it, which helped me swallow the whole thing "hook, line, and sinker".

Does anyone know if Scofield was anti-cleric?

08-27-2014, 07:48 AM	#65
HERn Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 969	Re: LSM's Etymological Errors - Nigel Tomes Not that Scofield's comments are the "cat's meow", but here's what's in his 1917 version: --- 2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Nicolaitanes From nikao, "to conquer," and laos, "the people," or "laity." There is no ancient authority for a sect of the Nicolaitanes. If the word is symbolic it refers to the earliest form of the notion of a priestly order, or "clergy," which later divided an equal brotherhood Matthew 23:8 into "priests" and "laity." What in Ephesus was "deeds" Revelation 2:6 had become in Pergamos a "doctrine Revelation 2:15 . Nicolaitanes Revelation 2:15, contra, ; 1 Peter 5:2 1 Peter 5:3 ; Matthew 24:49 . ----- WL made reference to this somewhere and during my "due diligence" early days I found it, which helped me swallow the whole thing "hook, line, and sinker". Does anyone know if Scofield was anti-cleric?