Fides et Ratio AWS
Notre Dame High School Honors Theology IV Miss Boccardi
Fides et Ratio Introduction 1. What does John Paul II mean when he writes, “the more human beings know reality and the world, the more they know themselves?” 2. What does it mean to say the Church is in the service or diakonia of Truth? 3. Where does the journey to knowledge begin? Explain. 4. Explain the Church’s view of philosophy. 5. What are some of the positive results of modern philosophy according to John Paul II? 6. What has modern philosophy forgotten according to John Paul II? What are the results of this? 7. What has modern philosophical research concentrated on? At what expense? Chapter 3 8. How does St. Paul appeal to universal human desire when addressing the Athenians? 9. Explain why people cannot be genuinely indifferent to the question of whether what they know is true or not. 10. John Paul II says “there is no morality without freedom.” What does he mean by freedom? 11. Only what can lead people to realize themselves fully? Why? 12. What is the first absolutely certain truth of our life beyond the fact that we exist? 13. What is the decisive moment of “our search?” 14. What is required for something to be true? 15. What leads human beings to take the first step in a search for truth? What comparison does he make? 16. Describe the tension between believing and verifying that John Paull II discusses. 17. What is one of the most appropriate contexts for sound philosophical enquiry? Why? 18. Explain how the truth, which God reveals to us in Jesus Christ is not opposed to the truths which philosophy perceives. Chapter 7 19. According to John Paul II, what leads to dramatic situations which threaten the search for the meaning of life? Why? 20. According to John Paul II, what is the source of moral evil? 21. According to John Paul II, what does the “immense expansion of humanity’s technical capability” demand? 22. Explain the three requirements of philosophy laid out by John Paul II. 23. Explain the error of eclecticism. 24. Explain the problem with scientism. 25. Explain nihilism. What are the results of nihilism? 26. Is it intolerant to know a universally valid truth? Explain.
Fides et Ratio Introduction 1. What does John Paul II mean when he writes, “the more human beings know reality and the world, the more they know themselves?” 2. What does it mean to say the Church is in the service or diakonia of Truth? 3. Where does the journey to knowledge begin? Explain. 4. Explain the Church’s view of philosophy. 5. What are some of the positive results of modern philosophy according to John Paul II? 6. What has modern philosophy forgotten according to John Paul II? What are the results of this? 7. What has modern philosophical research concentrated on? At what expense? Chapter 3 8. How does St. Paul appeal to universal human desire when addressing the Athenians? 9. Explain why people cannot be genuinely indifferent to the question of whether what they know is true or not. 10. John Paul II says “there is no morality without freedom.” What does he mean by freedom? 11. Only what can lead people to realize themselves fully? Why? 12. What is the first absolutely certain truth of our life beyond the fact that we exist? 13. What is the decisive moment of “our search?” 14. What is required for something to be true? 15. What leads human beings to take the first step in a search for truth? What comparison does he make? 16. Describe the tension between believing and verifying that John Paull II discusses. 17. What is one of the most appropriate contexts for sound philosophical enquiry? Why? 18. Explain how the truth, which God reveals to us in Jesus Christ is not opposed to the truths which philosophy perceives. Chapter 7 19. According to John Paul II, what leads to dramatic situations which threaten the search for the meaning of life? Why? 20. According to John Paul II, what is the source of moral evil? 21. According to John Paul II, what does the “immense expansion of humanity’s technical capability” demand? 22. Explain the three requirements of philosophy laid out by John Paul II. 23. Explain the error of eclecticism. 24. Explain the problem with scientism. 25. Explain nihilism. What are the results of nihilism? 26. Is it intolerant to know a universally valid truth? Explain.
