Melito of Sardis was a bishop who lived around A.D. 170. He was a well known writer of many books, most of which have not survived. Melito was a Christian apologist who wrote a defense addressed to Marcus Aurelius, who was Roman emperor from A.D. 161-180.
Melito provides us with our earliest known Christian list of Old Testament books. His list of books is very close to the Protestant Old Testament we have today. Much of the information we have about Melito of Sardis is provided by the early church historian, Eusebius (A.D. 260-339).
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