单词 | cataphatic |
释义 | cataphaticadj. Theology. Defining God positively or by positive statements, opposed to apophatic adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [adjective] > cataphatic approach cataphatic1861 1861 D. W. Simon tr. I. A. Dorner Hist. Devel. Doctr. Person Christ 2nd Division I. 427 The distinction drawn between the communicable and the incommunicable in God (in which, probably, we may trace the influence of the cataphatic and apophatic theology). 1937 Wall & Adamson tr. Maritain Degrees Knowl. iv. 291 It is clear..that apophatic theology, which knows God by the mode of negation or ignorance, knows him better than cataphatic theology, which proceeds by that of affirmation and science. 1951 Theology LIV. 29 In an end age he [sc. Berdyaev] turned..from a cataphatic to an apophatic theology. Derivatives cataˈphatically adv. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [adverb] > cataphatic approach cataphatically1937 1937 Wall & Adamson tr. Maritain Degrees Knowl. iv. 297 Theological faith..must first advance cataphatically, making known the mysteries of the Godhead to us in communicable enunciations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1861 |
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