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MELITONIANS
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Und. 1856 and 1857; Welte, Tiibinger theol. Quart al- schrift, 1862, p. 302 sq.
Melitonians, so called from Melito of Sardis (q. v.), a sect who maintained tliat not the soul, but the body of man, was made after God's image.
Melius, John Petek, a Hungarian theologian, was born at llorki in 1536. After having embraced Calvin- ism, he became in 1558 professor in the school of De- brczin, and later superintendent. He died in 1572. Melius contributed largely towards propagating the Keformcd religion among the nobles of Transylvania. He is mainly known, however, by his translations of the New Testament and many parts of the Old into Hunga- rian. See Gerdes, Scrinium Antiquarium, vol. vii; Se- lig, HUtorie der A ugsburgischen Confession, vol. ii.
Melkart. See Hekcules.
Mellen, John (1), a Unitarian divine, was born at Hopkinton, Mass., in 1722. He graduated at Hansard College in 1741, was pastor of the Church in Lancaster, Mass., and subsequently at Hanover, and died in 1807. Mr. Mellen was the author oi Eight Occasional Sermom, 1735-95, and Fifteen Discourses on Doctrinal Subjects, 1765. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. Authors. vol. ii, s. v.
Mellen, John (2), a Unitarian divine, was born in 1752. He graduated at Harvard College in 1770, was minister of Barnstable, INIass., and died in 1828. Mr. Mellen published eight separate Sei-?nons and Discourses (1791, '93, '95, '97, '99), and also two Dudleian Lectures (1795, '99).
Mellin, Georg Samuel Albrecht, a German the- ologian, was born at Halle in 1775. After finishing his education he was appointed minister and counsellor of the consistory at Magdeburg, where he died in 1825. He wrote, Murginulien und Register zn Kant's Kritik des ErkeiiHtnissrermogens (ZuUichau, 1794,2 vols. 8vo) : — Enq/klopddisches Wortei-buch der krlth<-h<ii I'hihu^djihie (ibid. 1797-1804, 6 vols. ^yo):—M,trfN,ili.n ni„l i;,.,is- ter zu KanVs metaphysischen A nfaiigsgrii/uli n di r J!i i-lits- lehre (ihxA.lSQQ) ■. — Worterbuch der Ehilosophie (Mag- deburg, 1805-7, 2 vols. 8vo).
Mellitus, a noted prelate of the Church in the An- glo-Saxon period, flourished in the 7th century. He was sent in A.D. 601, by pope Gregory the Great, as missionary to the assistance of Augustine, who was then laboring in England. Mellitus, with other zealous mis- sionaries, proved a valuable help in the promotion of Christianit}- on the Anglican shores. He brought from Eome all the paraphernalia necessary for the perform- ance of Church services ; also a manuscript copy of the Bible in two volumes, two copies of the Psalms, as they were sung in the churches, two copies of the (iospels, Lives of the Apostles and Martyrs, and a Commentary on the Gospels and Epistles. These were the first books ever known among the Saxons. Sebert, king of Essex, permitted Mellitus to preach the Gospel to his subjects, made him first bishop of the Saxons in London, and favored him with a life-long friendship. At his death Sebert was succeeded by three pagan sons, who did not continue their father's protection. It is related that after the decease of Sebert, Mellitus encountered much opposition, and was finally required to leave the coun- try ; and consequently he, with others of the persecuted, crossed over to France. Subsequently Edbald, who suc- ceeded Ethelbert in Kent, embracing Christianity and relenting towards the exiles, Mellitus was recalled, and afterwanls labored zealously in the cause of Christianity, which from that time became firmly established in Kent. Mellitus appears to have been endowed with much pru- dence as well as piety : not making fierce inroads upon paganism, but watching for and seizing the favorable moment for speaking and doing, he eftected much for Christianity. He was afterwards made archbishop of Canterbury, and died about the year 625. See Maclear, Hist, of Missions, p. 105 sq. ; Churton, Hist, of the Early Ewjl. Ch.; Inett, Hist, of the Engl. Ch. (see Index). VL— E
Mello, GuiLLAUME de, an ascetic French author, a native of Nantes, flourished in the latter half of the 17th century. He was canon of the collegiate church of Notre Dame of Nantes. He wrote Les Elevations de I'dnie a Dieu par les degres de Creatures, taken from the Latin of cardinal Bellarmine (Nantes, 1666, 4to) : — Le Devoir des Pasteurs, translated from the Latin of Bar- thelemi des Martj-r (Paris, 1672, 12mo): — Les divines Ophxitions de Jesus (Paris, 1673, 12mo): — Ze Prklica- teur evangelique (Paris, 1685, 7 vols. 12mo). These works are anonymous. It is believed that Mello is also the author of a Vie des Saints (Paris, 1688, 4 vols. 8vo). — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v.
Melody (!T^^t, zimrah', a song or music, of the voice, Isa. Ii, 3 [" psalm," Psa. Ixxxi, 2 ; xcviii, 6], or of an instrument, Amos v, 23 ; metaphorically, a song of the laml, i. e. its " best fruits," Gen. xliii, 11 ; "53, nagan', to st)-ike, i. e. sound a musical chord, Isa. xxiii, 13, else- where " play" = \^d\X(o, Eph. v, 19, elsewhere " sing") is strictly a musical science, the pleasing variation between notes of a different pitch in the same part or strain, in distinction from harmony, which is the accord of sounds between the different parts; but in general terms it is synonj^mous with music or sweetness of sound. See Music.