[hopefulpilgrim]

Pope John Paul II criticizes "Bible-only" thinking in his latest encyclical letter, "Faith and Reason" (Fides et Ratio). The Pope, a onetime philosophy professor, warns against "fideism," the idea that rational knowledge has little value for faith. He condemns "biblicism" as "one currently widespread" symptom of the problem. John Paul redefines biblicism as the tendency "to make the reading and exegesis of Scripture the sole criterion of truth." The rule of Christian faith, the Pope claims, is unity among three sources of truth: "Sacred Tradition, Sacred Scripture, and the Magisterium [teaching authority] of the Church" (What in the World, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1999).

This Is this a joke? Someone must be putting words in His mouth.

[malakhi]

This Is this a joke? Someone must be putting words in His mouth.

It looks like this quote is from someone summarizing his letter. I'd suggest reading the original to see what he really says.

Encyclical Letter Fides et Ratio

I believe that there is One Truth. For Faith to be true, it must point to that Truth. For Reason to be true, it must point to that Truth. Ultimately, therefore, faith and reason must be compatible. This does not mean that reason can prove to you everything that you know by faith.