Fides Et Ratio Preamble

● God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth

○ From our birth we have longed to understand reality

○ What a gift to be born with a sense to ask questions about the world around us

● come to the fullness of truth about themselves

○ I can understand the reality of who “I” am

By asking questions about the world,

■ I can come to know who “I” am

■ I don’t determine who I am, reality around me does

■ The way I encounter the world reveals truth and I can respond to the reality

○ Isn’t that the world we encounter today?