>>> Macarius the Alexandrian [...] died about 405. He was a younger
>>> contemporary of Macarius the Egyptian
> He also invented macaroni and the "Macarena" dance.
> He's also blamed^h^h^h^h^h^h credited with the invention (or discovery
> as the case may be) of the Macintosh computer and/or its OS but his
> heirs deny this strenuously.

Well his heirs had enough trouble denying there was a MacArian heresy,
so you can understand them not wanting to tangle with Bill Gates as
well as the Pope.

There is probably a market niche for a Heretics' Cookbook. St John
Chrysostom gives us an alleged Gnostic recipe for foetus pate and the
Cathar "perfecti" were vegetarians so there was a fair range to choose
from.

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