He was refuted, evidently by Tertullian himself, and gave an explanation or recantation in writing, the "carnal" as he affects to call them, which, when Tertullian wrote several years afterwards, was still in the hands of the authorities of the Carthaginian Church.
He was challenged by Tertullian, who refuted his arguments and offered a written explanation or recantation, which Tertullian himself would later write about. This explanation, which he called "carnal," was still held by the authorities of the Carthaginian Church when Tertullian wrote it years later.