cataphatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

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 is characteristic of it.

cataphatic kataphatic

From Ancient Greek καταφατικός (kataphatikós, “affirmative”).

apophatic

cataphatism

cataphatically

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