Page 13 - 02 The Seven Churches

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 2 – The Seven Churches
having first mentioned their commendable

traits and then their failures, as if unwilling to

pass by any of their good qualities he

mentions this, that they hated the deeds of the

Nicolaitanes, which he also hated. In verse 15

the doctrines of the same characters are

condemned. It appears that they were a class

of persons whose deeds and doctrines were

alike abominable in the sight of Heaven. Their

origin is involved in some doubt. Some say

that they sprang from Nicolas of Antioch, one

of the seven deacons (Acts 6:5); some, that

they only attribute their origin to him to gain

the prestige of his name; and others, that the

sect took its name from one Nicolas of a later

date, which is probably the nearest correct.

Concerning their doctrines and practices,

there seems to be a general agreement that

they held to a community of wives, regarded