Keskustelu:Nikolaiitat

Vaihtoehtoinen selitys

Nikolaiitoille on esitetty myös vaihtoehtoista selitystä.

Suomen kielellä:

http://www.nic.fi/~ilmestys/Luku2.htm

"Sana nikolaiitta tarkoittaa siis ihmisten ja kansojen vallitsijaa. Jo varhaisessa vaiheessa syntyi kristillis-pakanallisessa synkretismissä ns. monarkinen piispuus josta myöhemmin kehittyi mm. paavinvalta."

Englanniksi:

http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/nicoltn.html

"Nicolaitanes, the full meaning of which, in its native tongue and in its ecclesiastical setting, is that the bishops and prelates of the Church have gained a triumphal victory or conquest over the laiton -- the laity -- until they have been compelled to submit to the arbitrary dominion of men who have become that thing which God hates: "Lords over God's heritage." "

http://www.acts1711.com/nic.htm

"The alternative explanation is that Nicolaitans refers to those teachers in the Body of Christ who began to elevate the clergy above the laity, a distinction that did not exist in the Christian Church until the end of the second century. This teaching did not simply recognize that elders (presbuteros and episcopas) along with deacons (diakanos) are valid biblical offices in the church. Although these church offices required the men in leadership to be servants of those to whom they minister, the Nicolaitans began ruling over the laity in a manner condemned by Jesus."

Uikku 30. marraskuuta 2007 kello 02.02 (UTC)