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Fides et Ratio cites Aquinas as a model of faith-reason dialogue without repeating 1914 theses

On 14 September 1998 John Paul II issued Fides et Ratio, a completed encyclical that praises Aquinas as a guide for relating faith and reason while addressing modern philosophy. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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On 14 September 1998 John Paul II issued Fides et Ratio, a completed encyclical that praises Aquinas as a guide for relating faith and reason while addressing modern philosophy. It is not Aeterni Patris and not a 24-thesis list.

Context

A late-twentieth-century encyclical can reopen conversation that 1907 closed. Medium confidence on classroom effects.

Thomas Aquinas is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.2 · verified

    Named Dominican master as heading of later editions and papal acts. Printers, popes, and editors publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.John Paul II, Fides et Ratio (14 September 1998)Holy See / vatican.va · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Saint Thomas AquinasEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, and museums are not converted into extra lifetime acts. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Confidence is stated on the impact path. A later English edition is not a recovered autograph. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorThomas Aquinas
  2. contributed toFactFides et Ratio cites Aquinas as a model of faith-reason dialogue without repeating 1914 theses
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Fides et Ratio cites Aquinas as a model of faith-reason dialogue without repeating 1914 theses. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/aq-fides-et-ratio-1998

https://factrail.ai/facts/aq-fides-et-ratio-1998

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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