--- title: "Fides et Ratio — John Paul II" description: "Fides et Ratio — Encyclical by Pope John Paul II (1998). A A A PDF generation in progress..... 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Free [ Sign in to read now ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fjohn-paul-ii%2Fworks%2Ffides-et-ratio) Share Link copied Format epub Published Sep 14, 1998 Rating No reviews yet ![Fides et Ratio](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01ksht0ezv4jzthq1wj0d0wy56/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260901%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260901T211049Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=f3d85ce6b2ac4e0d029f2ade10305a39ecd1701f86fd9024b401eb37dc3bef06) ## About this work Fides et Ratio — Encyclical by Pope John Paul II (1998). A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - DA - DE - EN - ES - FI - FR - HU - IT - LA - NL - PL - PT - RO - ZH\_CN - ZH\_TW ENCYCLICAL LETTER FIDES ET RATIO OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC… Sample ## Take a look inside A A A PDF generation in progress..... AR - DA - DE - EN - ES - FI - FR - HU - IT - LA - NL - PL - PT - RO - ZH\_CN - ZH\_TW ENCYCLICAL LETTER FIDES ET RATIO OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON Blessing My Venerable Brother Bishops, Health and the Apostolic Blessing! Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth—in a word, to know himself—so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves (cf. Ex 33:18; Ps 27:8-9; 63:2-3; Jn 14:8; 1 Jn 3:2). INTRODUCTION - “KNOW YOURSELF” 1. In both East and West, we may trace a journey which has led humanity down the centuries to meet and engage truth more and more deeply. It is a journey which has unfolded—as it must—within the horizon of personal self-consciousness: the more human beings know reality and the world, the more they know themselves in their uniqueness, with the question of the meaning of things and of their very existence becoming ever more pressing. This is why all that is the object of our knowledge becomes a part of our life. The admonition Know yourself was carved on the temple portal at Delphi, as testimony to a basic truth to be adopted as a minimal norm by those who seek to set themselves apart from the rest of creation as “human beings”, that is as those who “know themselves”. 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