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adamhovey1988
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Okay, so I saw this heresy mentioned reading about Gregory of Nyssa. What exactly is it?What did it teach? Where did its name come from?
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Usige
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The name comes from the followers of Bishop Meletius of Lycopolis. As far as I understand it, Bishop Meletius refused to readmit those who had renounced the faith during the Diocletian persecutions and later repented. He also denounced bishops who did accept the repentant as being too lenient on those who chose to denounce the faith rather than face martyrdom.
I have also read that Bishop Meletius was in the habit of consecrating bishops without authority and ordaining subjects outside of his diocese. He may have been the one to ordain Arius. It is unclear to me how, if at all, Meletius was related to Arianism, but the supression of the Meletians was one of the topics of discussion at the Council of Nicea. The Meletians later threw in their lot with the Arians and seemed to be opposed to St. Athanasius.
I have also read that Bishop Meletius was in the habit of consecrating bishops without authority and ordaining subjects outside of his diocese. He may have been the one to ordain Arius. It is unclear to me how, if at all, Meletius was related to Arianism, but the supression of the Meletians was one of the topics of discussion at the Council of Nicea. The Meletians later threw in their lot with the Arians and seemed to be opposed to St. Athanasius.
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adamhovey1988
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That’s the best explanation I’ve gotten thank youThe name comes from the followers of Bishop Meletius of Lycopolis. As far as I understand it, Bishop Meletius refused to readmit those who had renounced the faith during the Diocletian persecutions and later repented. He also denounced bishops who did accept the repentant as being too lenient on those who chose to denounce the faith rather than face martyrdom.
I have also read that Bishop Meletius was in the habit of consecrating bishops without authority and ordaining subjects outside of his diocese. He may have been the one to ordain Arius. It is unclear to me how, if at all, Meletius was related to Arianism, but the supression of the Meletians was one of the topics of discussion at the Council of Nicea. The Meletians later threw in their lot with the Arians and seemed to be opposed to St. Athanasius.
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Duane1966
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Canon VI of the first council of Nicaea was specifically formulated to address the Meletians.Okay, so I saw this heresy mentioned reading about Gregory of Nyssa. What exactly is it?What did it teach? Where did its name come from?
Let me, at the risk of being tedious, state, first of all, my understanding of the passage. The supremacy of the Bishop of Alexandria had been contested by the Meletian bishops. They had, asked him, if not in words at least in facts, upon what warrant he based his claim to rule over and depose his fellow-bishops. If he had a title let him produce it. Now the Alexandrian prelate had no written document of any kind to produce. The Council of Nicaea, therefore, came to his assistance, by decreeing that the Patriarch’s [16] authority must be respected, and that for two reasons: first, because it was (archaia), immemorial, aboriginal; and second, because it was sanctioned by constant recognition on the part of the Roman Pontiff. Two very good reasons.-Fr. Loughlin
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