15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.



Ver. 15. The doctrine of the Nicolaitans] {See Trapp on "Rev_2:6"} In the year 1067, the popish synod of Milan made laws against simony {a} and the heresy of the Nicolaitans; by which latter they meant priest’s marriage. Brutum fulmen, novum crimen. Heavy blow, new sins.



{a} The act or practice of buying or selling ecclesiastical preferments, benefices, or emoluments; traffic in sacred things. ŒD