False Teachers
A diverse group of early Christian detractors and doctrinal dissidents who challenged apostolic authority and the core tenets of the faith.
6 profiles tagged False Teachers.
Hymenaeus
False teacher who claimed the resurrection had already occurred
Hymenaeus was a prominent false teacher in the first-century Ephesian church who abandoned his faith and distorted the doctrine of the resurrection.
Jezebel of Thyatira
False prophetess who seduced the church at Thyatira into idolatry
A self-proclaimed prophetess in the church of Thyatira who led believers into compromise, idolatry, and sexual immorality during the late first century AD.
Judaizers
False teachers who insisted circumcision was required for a Gentile to be saved
First-century false teachers who insisted that Gentile converts must be circumcised and keep the Mosaic Law in order to be saved.
The Nicolaitans
False teachers in the early church who advocated for compromise with pagan idolatry and immoral behavior
A heretical group in the early church censured by Christ in Revelation for their compromise with pagan idolatry and immoral practices.
Philetus
False teacher who claimed the resurrection had already occurred
Philetus was an early Christian heretic in Ephesus who, along with Hymenaeus, taught that the resurrection had already occurred, thereby subverting the faith of some believers.
Those Who Hold the Teaching of Balaam
Sect in the church of Pergamum who promoted compromise with pagan idolatry and sexual immorality
A faction within the early Christian church at Pergamum who promoted syncretism, idolatry, and sexual immorality by following the destructive precedents of the Old Testament figure Balaam.