cataphatism 1
noundomain: thinking
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image')
Hypernym
religion 1
noun
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
Pertainym (pertains to noun)
cataphatic 1
adjective
of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively
EnglishAntonym
apophatism 1
noun
the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)
the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
