MELETIUS OF LYCOPOLIS (4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century)  , founder of the See also:

• SECT

sect known after him as the " Meletians," or as the " See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church of the Martyrs," in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . With See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria, he was thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison during the persecution under See also:

• DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
• DIOCLETIAN, EDICT OF (De Pretiis rerum venalium)

Diocletian . His importance is due to his refusal to receive, at least until the persecution had ceased, those Christians who during the persecutions had renounced their faith, and then repented . This refusal led to a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach with Peter, and' other See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian bishops who were willing to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant See also:

• ABSOLUTION (Lat. absolutio from absolvo, loosen, acquit)

absolution to those who were willing to do See also:

• PENANCE (Old Fr. penance, fr. Lat. poenitentia, penitence)

penance for their infidelity . Meletius, after regaining his freedom, held his ground and See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew around him many supporters, extending his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence even so far away as See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine . He ordained 29 bishops and encroached upon Peter's See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction . The See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea in 325 upheld the bishops, but Meletius was allowed to remain See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Lycopolis though with merely nominal authority . His See also:

• DEATH

death followed soon after . His followers, however, took See also:

• PART

part with the Arians in the controversy with See also:

• ATHANASIUS (293-373)

Athanasius and existed as a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate sect till the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See Achelis in See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyk. xii . (1903) 558, with the authorities there quoted, and See also:

• WORKS

works on Church See also:

• HISTORY

History .