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Disputation with Pyrrhus

Disputatio cum Pyrrho

Written in 645, perhaps in Carthago (now Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia). The date is the usual view of scholars; some doubt it.

The record of his public debate with the former patriarch Pyrrhus on the two wills of Christ.

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How we know the date and place
Date written probable
The debate was in July 645; Noret (1999) says the record was written later, about 655 to 667
Place written not sure
The debate was at Carthage before the governor Gregory; where the record was written is not sure (Louth 1996)