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Cataphatic theology — Cataphatic (sometimes spelled kataphatic) theology is the expressing of God or the divine by what is or expressing God through positive terminology. This is in contrast to defining God or the divine in what God is not which is referred to as… … Wikipedia
cataphatic theology — ; cataphatic theology ; kataphasis ; kataphatic theology, via affirmative Kataphasis (a Greek word meaning affirmation or speaking about ) refers to theological approaches that affirm (thus, a via affirmativa or affirmative route) thedivine … Glossary of theological terms
cataphatic — [ˌkatə fatɪk] adjective Theology (of knowledge of God) obtained through defining God with positive statements. The opposite of apophatic. Origin C19: from Gk kataphatikos affirmative , from kataphasis affirmation … English new terms dictionary
cataphatic — /kætəˈfætɪk/ (say katuh fatik) adjective Theology of or relating to knowledge of a divinity which is acquired by way of direct statements about it which reflect divine revelation (opposed to apophatic). {Greek cataphatikos affirmative} …
cataphatic — adjective of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively • Pertains to noun: ↑cataphatism … Useful english dictionary
cataphatic theology — Катафатическая теология … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
theology, cataphatic — Теология катафатическая … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
cataphasis — ; cataphatic theology ; kataphasis ; kataphatic theology, via affirmative Kataphasis (a Greek word meaning affirmation or speaking about ) refers to theological approaches that affirm (thus, a via affirmativa or affirmative route) thedivine … Glossary of theological terms
Negative theology — also known as the Via Negativa (Latin for Negative Way ) and Apophatic theology is a theology that attempts to describe God by negation, to speak of God only in terms of what may not be said about God. In brief, the attempt is to gain and express … Wikipedia
Apophatic theology — Via Negativa redirects here. For The X Files episode, see Via Negativa (The X Files). Apophatic theology (from Greek ἀπόφασις from ἀπόφημι apophēmi, to deny ) also known as negative theology or via negativa (Latin for negative way ) is a theology … Wikipedia
