LSM's Etymological Errors - Nigel Tomes

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Originally Posted by HERn

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?

I was waiting for someone to point out that one.

Brethren. Whether or not exclusive, they were of a peculiar teaching. It is true that many of their teachings have influenced the teachings of Evangelicals in general. And out of that came a rather exclusive group led by an iron-fisted man — Darby.

Don't know which side Scofield was on, but the link to the exclusivist theology is still there. He didn't dream these up on his own. They came mostly from Darby.