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Fides et Ratio
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- 1Catholic Writers Reflect on Faith and Reason Before Fides et Ratio●We only fly when two wings are strong The biggest danger to Christian teaching leading up to John Paul’s writing of Fide
Catholic commentators are revisiting Pope John Paul II's 1998 encyclical Fides et Ratio, arguing that Christian teaching needs both faith and reason to fly, like two strong wings. They say the encyclical was written when Enlightenment-influenced thinking was undermining belief, and that today the balance between the two wings faces renewed danger.