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 refuted, apparently by Tertullian himself, and provided an explanation or retraction in writing, which he calls "carnal," which, when Tertullian wrote several years later, remained in the hands of the authorities of the Carthaginian Church.