Fides et ratio

*Fides et ratio*
Latin for 'Faith and Reason'
Encyclical of Pope John Paul II
Fides et ratio; Latin for 'Faith and Reason'; Encyclical of Pope John Paul II
Signature date	14 September 1998
Subject	The relationship between faith and reason
Number	13 of 14 of the pontificate
Text	In Latin; In English;
	← Ut unum sint Ecclesia de Eucharistia →

Fides et ratio (Latin for 'Faith and Reason') is an encyclical promulgated 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,^[1] says he was part of the drafting of the encyclical.^[2]

^ Biography of Cardinal Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P., Vatican Press Office, accessed 17 February 2013 Archived February 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ In an 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".

[1] Biography of Cardinal Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P., Vatican Press Office, accessed 17 February 2013 Archived February 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[2] In an 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".

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