Yet, historian Raniero Cantalamessa states: The decline of Melito, which progressively led to the disappearance of his writings, began when after the triumph of the custom of the Sunday Passover the Quartodecimans started to be considered heretics.
ಟೆರ್ಟಲ್ಯನ್‌, ಅಲೆಕ್ಸಾಂಡ್ರಿಯದ ಕ್ಲೆಮೆಂಟ್‌ ಮತ್ತು ಆರಿಗನ್‌ರಿಗೆ ಅವನ ಕೃತಿಗಳು ತುಂಬ ಪರಿಚಿತವಾಗಿದ್ದವು.