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  • He came under the influence of Meletius, patriarch of Antioch, who sent him to the monastic school of Diodore, then baptized him and ordained him lector.

    St. John Chrysostom Argent 2006

  • One Byzantine monk, Meletius, of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Asia Minor, supposed the Greek word for man anthropos derived from a phrase meaning “one who utters articulate voice.”

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • One Byzantine monk, Meletius, of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Asia Minor, supposed the Greek word for man anthropos derived from a phrase meaning “one who utters articulate voice.”

    Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995

  • The council received Meletius and his schismatical adherents upon their repentance; but they afterwards relapsed into their schism, and part of them joined the Arians.

    The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

  • The cruel persecution which this prince raised against that church, and the favor which he showed not only to the Arians, but also to Pagans, Jews, and all that were not Catholics, deterred not St. Meletius from exerting his zeal in defence of the orthodox faith.

    The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

  • _Meletius_ was a Christian monk who lived in the fourth century, according to some authorities, but it is probable that he belonged to a later period, the sixth or seventh century.

    Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott

  • A.D. 306, the schism of Meletius led many astray, and amongst them the too notorious Arius, who began to publish in Alexandria the heresy since known by his name, about the year A.D.

    A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient) John Henry Blunt

  • They attempted in vain to unite themselves to the Eustathians, who for thirty years past had held their separate assemblies; but these refused to admit them, or to allow the election of Meletius, on account of the share the Arians had had therein: they therefore continued their private assemblies within the city.

    The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

  • Meletius, who, speaking the third, [2] showed that this text is to be understood not of a strict creation, but of a new state or being, which the Eternal Wisdom received in his incarnation.

    The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

  • Meletius, vicar to the patriarch of Antioch, told him, that a firm will, supported by God's grace, was sufficient to make him abide in his solitary enclosure, without having recourse to any bodily restraint: hereupon the obedient servant of God sent for a smith, and had his chain knocked off.

    The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

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