Mellin, Georg Samuel Albrecht a German theologian, 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, Marginalien und Register zu Kant’s Kritik des Erkentnissverumogens (Zillichau, 1794,2 vols. 8vo) : Encyklopadisches Worterbuch der kritischen Philosophie (ibid. 1797- … Continue reading “Mellin, Georg Samuel Albrecht”
Mellifont, abbey of
Mellifont, abbey of Near Drogheda, the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland . It was founded in 1142 by Christian O’Conarchy, the first abbot , and Saint >Malachy , and was modelled after Clairvaux . It prospered and founded other monasteries , and at the English invasion there were 25 great Cistercian abbeys in Ireland . … Continue reading “Mellifont, abbey of”
Mellifont Abbey
Mellifont Abbey Located three miles from Drogheda, Co. Louth, Diocese of Armagh, it was the first Cistercian monastery established in Ireland. In the year 1140, St. Malachy, en route for Rome, visited St. Bernard at Clairvaux, and was so edified that he resolved to establish a similar monastery in his own diocese of Armagh. He … Continue reading “Mellifont Abbey”
Melleray
Melleray Cistercian monastery in Brittany, France, founded c.1134 by Foulques, Abbot of Pontron in Anjou. The original monastery was erected in 1145 by Guitern, its first abbot. It was confiscated in 1791. The dispersed monks finally settled at Lulworth, Dorsetshire, England, and their monastery was created an abbey, but in 1817 they returned to Melleray. … Continue reading “Melleray”
Mellen, John (2)
Mellen, John (1) a Unitarian divine, was born at Hopkinton, Mass., in 1722. He graduated at Harvard College in 1741, was pastor of the Church in Lancaster, Mass., and subsequently at Hanover, and died in 1807. Mr. Mellen was the author of Eight Occasional Sermons, 1735-95, and Fifteen Discourses on Doctrinal Subjects, 1765. See Allibone, … Continue reading “Mellen, John (2)”
Melkites
Melkites Aa group of about 110,000 Byzantine Uniats distributed in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, and America. Originally the name signified all those who remained faithful to the Council of Chalcedon (451), when the greater part accepted the Monophysite heresy. These people and their patriarchs, having gradually become dependent on the Patriarch of Constantinople, joined him … Continue reading “Melkites”
Melkart
Melkart SEE HERCULES. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Melk, Abbey and Congregation of
Melk, Abbey and Congregation of (MOLCK, MELLICUM). Situated on an isolated rock commanding the Danube, Melk has been a noted place since the days of the Romans. A Slav settlement, Magalicha, replaced the Roman fort, and in its turn was destroyed by a Magyar invasion about 955, when it received the name Eisenburg. The Magyars, … Continue reading “Melk, Abbey and Congregation of”
Melius, John Peter
Melius, John Peter a Hungarian theologian, was born at Horki in 1536. After having embraced Calvinism; he became in 1558 professor in the school of Debrezin, and later superintendent. He died in 1572. Melius contributed largely towards propagating the reformed religion among the nobles of Transylvania. He is mainly known, however, by his translations of … Continue reading “Melius, John Peter”
Melitonians
Melitonians so called from MELITO OF SARDIS (q.v.), a sect who maintained that not the soul, but the body of man, was made after God’s image. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature