“Reading Scripture…” – C. Hall: Quote #8 An Early Church Mother – Melania

by | Jul 15, 2010 | Uncategorized

Melania the Elder was also renowned for her learning and intellect. Palladius comments that she “was very learned and a lover of literature. She turned night into day by going through every writing of the ancient commentators, three million lines of Origen, and two hundred fifty thousand lines of Gregory, Stephen, Pierius, Basil, and other excellent men.” In fact, Palladius observes, Melania read each work “seven or eight times.” (Hall, 45)

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