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Reply to the ‘Dubium’ concerning the teaching contained in the Apostolic Letter Ordinatio SacerdotalisCongregation for the Doctrine of the FaithResponsum ad propositum dubium concerning the teaching contained in 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis' Dubium: Whether the teaching that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women, which is presented in the Apostolic Letter Ordinatio Sacerdotalis to be held definitively, is to be understood as belonging to the deposit of faith. Responsum: Affirmative. This teaching requires definitive assent, since, founded on the written Word of God, and from the beginning constantly preserved and applied in the Tradition of the Church, it has been set forth infallibly by the ordinary and universal Magisterium (cf. Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution on…Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission1996Texttext/htmlhttps://iarccum.org/doc/1536ARCIC-II 367/96https://iarccum.org/doc/1536enARCIC-II : Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission II : Study papersCatholic documents : Declarations & instructions© 1996, Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission