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Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, an intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and influential designer of educational systems. He stands next to Luther and John Calvin as a reformer, theologian, and shaper of Protestantism. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Melito of Sardis (died c. 180) was a Roman Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Sardis, near Smyrna in western Anatolia. He held a foremost place among the early Christian bishops in Roman Asia due to his personal influence and his literary works, most of which have been lost. What has been recovered, however, has provided a great insight into Christianity during...

Matthew Meloche is the director of music ministries at St. Francis By the Sea Catholic Church in Hilton Head Island, SC. He has worked in multiple parishes in Canada and the US, doing everything from the Extraordinary Form to bringing Gregorian chant to Life Teen Masses. Matthew has taught dozens...

Altobello Melone (c. 1490–1491-1543) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Hans Memling (c. 1430-1494) was a German-Flemish painter who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. During his apprenticeship as a painter he moved to the Netherlands and spent time in the Brussels workshop of Rogier van der Weyden. Memling's religious works often incorporated donor portraits of the clergymen, aristocrats, and burghers (bankers, merchants, and politicians) who were his...

Lippo Memmi (c.1291-1356) was an Italian painter from Siena, Italy. He was the foremost follower of Simone Martini, who was his brother-in-law. Together with Martini, in 1333 he painted what is regarded as one of the masterworks of the International Gothic, the Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus. He was one of the artists who worked...

Rev. Dr. Laura S. Mendenhall is the former president of Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA. She is also an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and served in several pastorates in Texas. She has also served as senior philanthropy advisor for the Texas Presbyterian Foundation. She graduated from Austin...

Dr. Esther Menn is the Ralph W. and Marilyn R. Klein Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. She taught previously in the department of religious studies at the University of Virginia. She has been an adjunct faculty member at McCormick Theology Seminary, a lecturer...

Zac Menser is the Grant Manager for the Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Zec previously spent five and a half years in Kentucky as an associate and student pastor. He is now pursuing a Master of Divinity in Missiology at SEBTS. (Source: pastorscenter.org)