| − | From what can be found in early historical sources, the doctrine of the Nicolaitans appears to have been a form of [[antinomianism]] ("against law"), which makes the fatal mistake of believing and teaching that man can freely partake in sin because the Law of God is no longer binding, supposing that a mere intellectual "belief" in this truth had a saving and liberating power. | + | From what can be found in early historical sources, the doctrine of the Nicolaitans appears to have been a form of [[antinomianism]] ("against law"), which makes the fatal mistake of believing and teaching that man can freely partake in sin because the Law of God is no longer binding, supposing that a mere intellectual "belief" in this truth had a saving and liberating power. See [[Hedonism]]. |