August 1984)
Following his appointment as the Prefect for the CDF, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger took over the presidency of the ITC on 25 November 1981. Ratzinger had already served as a member of the ITC since its inception in 1969. On August 6, 1982, Pope John Paul II issued the Motu Proprio "Tredecim Anni" to reconfirm the institutional structure of the ITC.
Read more about this topic: International Theological Commission, The Third Term (August 1979
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