Pius Melia
Template:Short description Pius Melia (b. at Rome, 12 January 1800; d. in London, June 1883) was an Italian Jesuit theologian.
Life
Melia entered the Society of Jesus on 14 August 1815, taught literature at Reggio, and afterwards was engaged in preaching. He left the Society in 1853.
Works
He wrote two books: Script error: No such module "Lang". (Lucca, 1847), a defence of the Society of Jesus, and Script error: No such module "Lang". (Pisa, s. d.), an attack upon Antonio Rosmini-Serbati.
In his "Life of Rosmini", William Lockhart declares that the latter work was written by certain Italian Jesuits; Augustin de Backer, in his Script error: No such module "Lang"., attributed it to Passaglia, but his Script error: No such module "Lang"., re-edited by Carlos Sommervogel, follows Paolo Beorchia who attributes it to Melia. Melia, who attacked especially Rosmini's doctrine on original sin, was answered by Rosmini (Milan, 1841) and Pagani (Milan, 1842); then began a bitter controversy which had to be ended by a direct command of Pope Pius IX.[1]
References
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- Attribution
- Template:Catholic The entry cites:
- Sommervogel, Script error: No such module "Lang"., V (Brussels and Paris, 1894);
- Lockhart, Life of Rosmini (London, 1886).