The fact that it was taken for granted means that 266 popes have been in accord up until the present day. The movement for womens' ordination is about 50 years old compared to the 2000+ years the Church has been in existence.
For this reason recent popes have felt it necessary to knock it on the head.
The true Catholic Church will never ordain women to the priesthood, you know that because of your dating of the year 3000, you might as well as have said infinity.