Fides et Ratio (On Faith and Reason)
Fides et Ratio
Authority: Pope John Paul II
Official Summary & Scope
Encyclical on the harmony between faith and reason as two wings on which the human spirit rises to contemplation of truth.
Opening Proclamation (Incipit)
"Fides et Ratio refutes modern skepticism, relativism, and scientism, defending philosophy's capacity to reach objective metaphysical truth."