[1][2] Its memberships consists of no more than 30 Catholic theologians[1] appointed by the pope at the suggestion of the prefect of the DDF[3] for renewable five year terms.
[11] According to one historian, the ITC contributed the DDF's statement Mysterium Ecclesiae, issued in 1973, a wide-ranging defense of the church in the modern world.
[15] On 6 August 1982, Pope John Paul II issued Tredecim anni to confirm the institutional structure of the ITC.
[24] It warned that Marxist-Leninist analysis because it rests on dubious assumptions and privileges action over the understanding that is the foremost aim of theological inquiry.
[26] In 2004, the document "Communion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God" considered the relationship between creation, evolution, and Christian faith.
[27] In "The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die without Being Baptised" in 2007, the commission discussed the traditional belief that unbaptized children cannot enter heaven, but remain in limbo, denied access to the presence of God.