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The Ecclesiastical Faculties have always been considered integral units of the University of Santo Tomas, which Leo XIII proclaimed a Pontifical University (Quae Mari Sinico, VII, 17 September 1902), and Pius XII honored with the title of The Catholic University of the Philippines (Litt. Apost. 10 April 1947). The Faculty of Theology is as old as the University itself, since the primary purpose of the Dominican Fathers in founding this institution of learning was to train from among the young men who flocked to their lecture rooms worthy ministers of the altar.聽

This Faculty, together with the Faculty of Philosophy, received official ecclesiastical recognition in the Brief, In Supereminenti, given on 20 November 1645 in Rome under the pontificate of Innocent X. In 1896, largely influenced by the Government and the unique circumstances of the era, the Faculty of Philosophy was transformed into the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. However, in 1928, due to the establishment of the Inter-diocesan (also known as Central) Seminary, the original Faculty of Philosophy was reinstated, primarily for seminarians.

Moreover, in response to previous requests of the Dominican Fathers in the Philippines regarding the creation of a Faculty of Canon Law, Innocent XI issued his Brief, Inscrutabili, on 7 August 1681. However, due to the troubled circumstances of the period, the Brief could not be implemented immediately. It was implemented on 11 November 1733. Thus, on 23 October 1733, the King of Spain approved the project, which Clement XII confirmed on 2 September 1734 in his Brief, Dudum Emanarunt.