| After this the impious books of the heresiarch were brought together and devoutly burned in the presence of an immense crowd. |
| The Church disdained his aid and condemned his errors, and he became a heresiarch. |
| This was magnified by his opponent Eustathius into a correspondence and intercommunion between the archbishop and heresiarch. |
| An attempt was then made to deal the new religion a fatal blow by the seizure and execution of the heresiarch, Mazdak. |
| Three out of the four patriarchs were in favour of the heresiarch, the fourth being on his trial. |
| But, as in the case of Felix, the heresiarch was more than a match for his opponents in argument. |
