cataphatic

Meaning

Adjective

  • Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
  • That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof.

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Origin

  • From Ancient Greek καταφατικός ("affirmative").

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