The Meletians are one of a large group of denominations in early Christian history.

The point with which they break with the larger church is about the ease with which lapsed Christians reenter the church.

They are named after Meletius of Lycopolis.In 325, the Council of Nicaea, at which Constantine is present, attempts to incorporate the Meletians into a unified church.

The council agrees to grant Meletian priests 'full clerical privileges' if they were willing to forswear schism and 'acknowledge the authority of the Alexander of Alexandria'.

(T. D. Barnes; Constantine and Eusebius [Harvard University Press, 1981], pp.217)