L’attualita e la novita dell’enciclica “Fides et ratio” di Giovanni Paolo II di fronte alle attuali sfide moderne

Abstract

The article presents the fundamental aspects of the encyclical Fides et ratio of John Paul II in relation to the historical and theological context of contemporary culture. It indicates current problems in the harmonious existence of societies functioning according to paradigms contrary to the absolute truth constituting the theological subject. The errors resulting from modernism (subjective rationalism, cognitive negation of faith) and postmodernism (relativization of truth, atheism and antitheism, reductionism of faith) are discussed here. The existential value of religious faith was explained as showing the correlation of meaning/sense and truth. In doing so, apologizing for the rational nature of faith. The truth was emphasized as a gift contained e received from God’s Revelation, necessary for discovering the sense of human reality.