PRELIMINARY NOTE In the course of its ninth quinquennial, which has been extended exceptionally by one year due to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation, the International Theological Commission has been able to deepen its study of the relationship between the Catholic faith and the sacraments. This study was directed by a specific sub-commission, chaired by the Rev. Fr. Gabino Uríbarri Bilbao, S.J., and composed of the following members: Msgr. Lajos Dolhai, Fr. Peter Dubovský, S.J., Msgr. Krzysztof Góźdź, Fr. Thomas Kollamparampil, C.M.I., Professor Marianne Schlosser, Rev. Oswaldo Martínez Mendoza, Rev. Karl-Heinz Menke, Rev. Terwase Henry Akaabiam, and Fr. Thomas G. Weinandy, O.F.M. Cap. The discussions on the subject in question, on the basis of which the present document has been drafted, have taken place both during the various meetings of the Sub-Commission and in the Plenary Sessions of the same Commission, between the years 2014-2019. This document, entitled Reciprocity between Faith and Sacraments in the Sacramental Economy, was specifically approved by the majority of the members of the International Theological Commission during the Plenary Session of 2019 through a written vote. The document was then submitted for approval to its President, His Eminence Cardinal Luis F. Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who, after having received the favourable opinion of the Holy Father Pope Francis on 19th December 2019, has authorised its publication.
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