El contexto en el que se gestó Clavis Ecclesiae… cien años después

Abstract

On the one hundredth anniversary of the publication of Clavis Ecclesiae by Bartolomé F. M. Xiberta (1897-1967), the author analyses  the theological context in which this work was developed, highlighting the importance of the apologetic factor (defending that the  sacrament of penance goes back to Christ himself and that it existed in the early Church), as well as the influence of certain authors  such as Cardinal Billot, M. J. Scheeben, J. M. Llovera and M. de la Taille (the director of the thesis). It also highlights the importance of  Xiberta’s penitential conception for a new understanding of this sacrament more in line with the theologies of the 20th century that  converged in the Second Vatican Council.