Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

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The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei),
It is the most recent name of the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia, one of which oversees Catholic Church doctrine. Its offices are housed at the Palace of the Holy Office at the Vatican. The series of names is as follows:

1542 Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition (wherefrom arose the names Roman Inquistion ' or Holy Inquisition. Pope Paul II's Apostolic Constitution Licet ab initio, established it.)

1904 Inquisition renamed in 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X to 'Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office

1965 Renamed to 'Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office' at the end of the Vatican II Council

1983 Renamed Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith the adjective "Sacred" was dropped from the names of all Curial Congregations (it remained in use throughout 1984, as can be seen in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis of that year, but no longer appeared in the 1985 issues of that official bulletin of the Holy See), and so the dicasteryadopted its current name, http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10190