November 22 | Gregorian Pontifical University | 3 PM
The Gregorian University in Rome will host a 100 year anniversary celebration of the publication of Carmelite Bartolomé Xiberta's doctoral thesis, Clavis Ecclesiae. There celebration will take place on November 22, beginning at 3PM.
Speakers will include Josep M. Manresa Lamarca of the Universidad Abat Oliba CEU/Europa International School; Valfredo Maria Rossi of the Theology Faculty of the Pontifical Gregorian University; Joseph Carola, SJ, of the Theology Faculty of the Pontifical Gregorian University; and Fernando Millán Romeral, O. Carm., of the Instituto de Espiritualidad, of the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid.
In 1921 Fr. Xiberta defended the idea that the Sacrament of Penance is an ecclesial act, administered in the name of the Church, and that the immediate principle benefit of the sacrament (res et sacramentum) is reconciliation with the Church. This thesis was progressively assimilated by theological reflection and subsequently influenced the drafting of Lumen Gentium 11 in the Second Vatican Council.
The commemoration is sponsored by the Gregorian University and the Carmelite Order.