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THEOLOGOS 1/2015 | ŠTÚDIE rence of the disease.70 Such provisions deprived the sufferers of spiritual help just when it was most needed Therefore, this issue was raised by the bishops and resulted in a very long discussion And requests for repetition of the sacrament were put forth particularly in the same and long illness Such proposals were based on the solid foundation of history According to M Righetti, repeating the sacrament belonged to the common practice of the Church to the thirteenth century This was changed by thirteenth-century scholasticism, which saw the anointing as preparation for eternal glory (to repeat it might give rise to a suspicion of low effectiveness).71 Statements presented in the Council auditorium on the repeatability of the sacrament were quite numerous Eleven Fathers decisively came forward.72 The arguments presented by them had differing weight Essentially votes for repeatability were based on psychological and pastoral considerations In contrast, opposing opinions were based on the reinterpretation of Tridentinum decisions The decisive defense of this kind of article belonged to Cardinal F Spellman of the U S. He demanded precision of the term aliquando in the proposed article because it was too indefinite, vague and difficult to implement.73 Cardinal W Godfrey of Great Brittan shared his opinion He further demanded a  specific time frame for the expression diuturna infirmitatis to free the pastors of doubt Archbishop T Botero Salazar of Columbia pointed out that the possibility of repeating the sacrament was necessary for terminally ill people It should therefore, be allowed to be repeated during a long-term illness Bishop A Mistrorigo supporting this celebratory possibility justified the need to change the consciousness of the faithful through the teaching of pastors so that the faithful are not afraid of the sacrament The faithful, through the possibility of the more frequent practice of anointing, will get rid of false opinion and be more willingly use it To strong opponents of the possibility of repeating the sacrament belonged to Cardinal E Ruffini His argument stemmed from the practice of the Church, from which it is clear that there was a consensus over the last seven centuries of not repeating He recalled the Council of Trent 70 71 72 73 “In eadem infirmitate hoc sacramentum iterari non potest, nisi infirmus post susceptam unctionem convaluerit et in aliud vitae discrimen inciderit”, Rituale Romanorum, Watykan 1952, t 5, c 1, n M RIGHETTI, Manuale di storia liturgica, Mediolan 1959, t 4, s.  334, this idea is referred to in: J STEFAŃSKI, Sakrament , s. 54 cf J STEFAŃSKI, Sakrament , s. 54 The term aliquando is most often translated as: at last, at times, at any time, heretofore, sometimes Translation: Leo F Stelten Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Hendrickson; Peabody, 1995 31