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. ”
टर्टलियन, सिकंदरिया का क्लैमेंट और ऑरिजन उसकी रचनाओं से वाकिफ थे ।