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Fides et ratio

1998 papal encyclical by Pope John Paul II

Summary

1998 papal encyclical by Pope John Paul II

Field	Value
title	Fides et ratio
language	Latin
translation	Faith and Reason
argument	The relationship between faith and reason
papal_coat_of_arms	File:Coat of arms of Ioannes Paulus II.svg
date	14 September 1998
pope	John Paul II
number	13 of 14
before	Ut unum sint
after	Ecclesia de Eucharistia
web_en	https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_en.html
web_la	https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio_lt.html

is an encyclical promoted by Pope John Paul II on 14 September 1998. It was one of 14 encyclicals issued by John Paul II. The encyclical primarily addresses the relationship between faith and reason.

Cardinal Georges Cottier, who was secretary general of the International Theological Commission from 1989 to 2003, says he was part of the drafting of the encyclical.

Content

Fides et ratio was the first encyclical since Pope Leo XIII's 1879 Aeterni Patris to address the relationship between faith and reason.

The encyclical posits that faith and reason are not only compatible but essential together. He starts with "Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth;" Faith without reason, he argues, leads to superstition. Reason without faith, he argues, leads to nihilism and relativism. He writes:

Although reason creates a "systematic body of knowledge," the Pope avers, its completeness is illusory:

Without a grounding in spiritual truth, he continues, reason has:

On the roles of philosophy and speculative theology as manifested by Augustine:

On the wrong turns in modern philosophy and the duty of the magisterium:

In sum, the Pope "makes this strong and insistent appeal" that "faith and philosophy recover the profound unity which allows them to stand in harmony with their nature without compromising their mutual autonomy. The parrhesia of faith must be matched by the boldness of reason".

References

[https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_cottier_gjmm_en.html Biography of Cardinal Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P., Vatican Press Office, accessed 17 February 2013] {{webarchive. link. (February 14, 2013)
In an [http://www.30giorni.it/articoli_id_3545_l3.htm interview in "30Days"], 3-2004, accessed 17 February 2013, Cottier remarked: "Going back to the early years, the first "big" text I worked on was the social encyclical Centesimus annus. And then the Ut unum sint on ecumenicalism, the moral encyclical Veritatis splendor, and the Fides et ratio... also the Catechism of the Catholic Church".
(24 October 2006). "Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason)".

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