PHILETUS

A heretic, excluded from the church for denying the resurrection, and promoting infidelity, 2Ti 2:17-18. See HYMENUS.

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Philetus. Philetus
Amiable, with Hymenaeus, at Ephesus, said that the “resurrection was past already” (2 Tim. 2:17, 18). This was a Gnostic heresy held by the Nicolaitanes. (See ALEXANDER [4].)

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Philetus. amiable; beloved

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PHILETUS. → An heretical teacher at Rome 2Ti 2:17,18