The Nicolaitans embraced the antinomian heresy, or, that since salvation is by grace through faith, obedience to the Law is of no value.
Antinomian : one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation.
Webster’s Dictionary.
Neander (History of the Christian Religion, as translated by Torrey, i. pp. 452, 453) numbers [the Nicolaitans] with Antinomians … [and] that the name … is used … to denote corrupters or seducers of the people, like Balaam.
Albert Barnes, Notes on … Revelation, p. 67.
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