Fides et Ratio (Latin)

by Pope John Paul II

Publisher:

Libreria Editrice Vaticana

, 1998

Overview

Written in 1998, Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) is Pope John Paul II’s treatment of the relationship between faith and reason. The pope re-iterates the Church’s teaching that faith and reason are not only not in conflict, but are in their essences bound up together. Faith without reason tends toward superstition and reason without faith tends toward nihilism. The pope calls for their re-integration and defends the Church’s responsibility to intervene in philosophy when its errors threaten revelation. The letter is divided into seven sections: “The Revelation of God’s Wisdom,” “Credo ut Intellegam,” “The Relationship between Faith and Reason,” “The Magisterium’s Interventions in Philosophical Matters,” “The Interaction between Philosophy and Theology,” and “Current Requirements and Tasks”.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Theologia quidem, prospectu metaphysico destituta, ultra experientiae religiosae investigationem progredi non poterit neque permittere ut intellectus fidei congruenter universalem veritatis revelatae transcendentemque vim significet.” (source)

“Quapropter theologia dogmatica speculativa praesumit et complectitur philosophiam hominis, mundi atque, altius, ipsius « esse », quae quidem in obiectiva veritate innititur.” (source)

“Ita profecto evenit ut multi suam vitam ad ipsum praecipitii marginem producant, nescientes interea quid ultra maneat.” (source)

“altius conscii altitudinem sinceritatemque fidei iuvari dum nectitur cum cogitatione dumque eam non recusat” (source)

“verum stat etiam in vivificanti consuetudine deditionis et fidelitatis erga alterum” (source)

Product Details

• Title: Fides et Ratio (Latin)
• Author: Pope John Paul II
• Series: The Papal Encyclicals of John Paul II in Latin
• Publisher: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
• Print Publication Date: 1998
• Logos Release Date: 2012
• Language: Latin
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Catholic Church › Doctrines; Faith and reason › Christianity--Papal documents; Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) › Papal documents
• Resource ID: LLS:FIDESRATIOLAT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:43:23Z

About Pope John Paul II

Pope Saint John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920–2 April 2005), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of The Holy See from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005. He was canonized along with Pope John XXIII on April 27, 2014.