| Those preferring the Roman tonsure considered the Celtic custom extremely unorthodox, and associated it with the form of tonsure worn by the heresiarch Simon Magus. |
| After this the impious books of the heresiarch were brought together and devoutly burned in the presence of an immense crowd. |
| An attempt was then made to deal the new religion a fatal blow by the seizure and execution of the heresiarch, Mazdak. |
| The heresiarch did not pretend to have written it himself, nor did he ascribe it to any other person. |
| The Church disdained his aid and condemned his errors, and he became a heresiarch. |
| But, as in the case of Felix, the heresiarch was more than a match for his opponents in argument. |
