Definition of CATAPHATIC

cataphatic

Adjective

  • of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively

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 it is characteristic thereof.

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

apophatic

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