Revelation 2:6 (WEB)
But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
Fathers and councils · 6
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Wherefore the Word has also spoken of them thus: “But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.”” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 6.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“Mention is made of it in the Apocalypse of John.” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 6, 15. Salmon, in his article Nicolaitans, in the Dict. of Christ. Biog., states, as I think, quite correctly, that “there really is no trustworthy…
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Jerome
“You notice Stephen; look also on Nicolas, sentenced in the Apocalypse by the Lord’s own lips, whose shameful imaginations gave rise to the heresy of the Nicolaitans.” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 6.
Read the whole comment“And Nicolas of Antioch—a deacon like yourself—disseminated the Nicolaitan heresy and all manner of uncleanness.” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 6, 15.
Read the whole comment“ThenNicolas, one of the seven Deacons, and one whose lechery knew no rest by night or day, indulged in his filthy dreams.” — editor's note: Acts vi. 5, Rev. ii. 6, 15. As to how far Jerome’s estimate of the character of Nicolas is correct, the article Nicolas in Smith’s Dict. of Bible may be…
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Hippolytus of Rome
“And when the disciples (of Nicolaus) continued to offer insult to the Holy Spirit, John reproved them in the Apocalypse as fornicators and eaters of things offered unto idols.” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 6.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Church History III.29.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.24.