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MELETIUS OF LYCOPOLIS (4th See also:century) , founder of the See also: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 of See also:Thebes in See also: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 of See also:Alexandria, he was thrown into See also:prison during the persecution under See also: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 with Peter, and' other See also: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 to those who were willing to do See also:penance for their infidelity. Meletius, after regaining his freedom, held his ground and See also:drew around him many supporters, extending his See also:influence even so far away as See also:Palestine. He ordained 29 bishops and encroached upon Peter's See also:jurisdiction. The See also:Council of See also:Nicaea in 325 upheld the bishops, but Meletius was allowed to remain See also:bishop of Lycopolis though with merely nominal authority. His See also:death followed soon after. His followers, however, took See also:part with the Arians in the controversy with See also:Athanasius and existed as a See also:separate sect till the 5th century.
See Achelis in See also:Herzog-Hauck, Realencyk. xii. (1903) 558, with the authorities there quoted, and See also:works on Church See also:History.
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