In February 1487, Pope Innocent VIII halted the proposed debate, and established a commission to review the orthodoxy of the "900 Theses". Although Pico answered the charges against them, thirteen theses were condemned. Pico agreed in writing to retract them, but he did not change his mind about their validity. Eventually all 900 theses were condemned. He proceeded to write an "apologia" defending them, "Apologia J. Pici Mirandolani, Concordiae comitis", published in 1489, which he dedicated to his patron, Lorenzo. When the pope was apprised of the circulation of this manuscript, he set up an inquisitorial tribunal, forcing Pico to renounce the "Apologia", in addition to his condemned theses, which he agreed to do. The pope condemned "900 Theses" as: