” “The social doctrine of the Church "needs metaphysics". It was written in a note published today on the website of the International Observatory Van Thuân on the social doctrine of the Church (www.vanthuanobservatory.org) by mgr. Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Papal Council of Justice and Peace and president of the Observatory, as he recalled the tenth anniversary of the encyclical "Fides et ratio". "One of the liveliest concerns of the «Fides et ratio» is the revival of metaphysical knowledge", recalls mgr. Crepaldi. "Metaphysics he goes on is essential to social understanding, first and foremost because it makes it possible"; secondly, "it provides access to the intangible in a conceptual way" and "makes it possible to understand the spiritual dimension of the person". Finally, "metaphysics is essential to enable us to give appropriate grounds to the common good", by developing "a metaphysics of the person, because the good calls for a situation that is connected to one’s being". "Metaphysics concludes mgr. Crepaldi expresses the peak of the abilities of reason, but that’s why it also needs faith, and, if the relation between reason and faith is extrinsic only, metaphysics will eventually go lost". ” “
