apophaticadjective
uk/ˌæp.əˈfæt.ɪk//ˌæp.əˈfæt̬.ɪk/specializedApophatic theology involves defining or knowing God through negative statements:
The Orthodox tradition of apophatic, or negative, theology holds that none of our concepts can properly be affirmed of God, who transcends all human concepts.
Opposite
cataphatic
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Religious people: believers & non-believers
- agnostic
- apostasy
- apostate
- atheist
- believer
- Bible-basher
- freethinker
- God-fearing
- godless
- hard core
- hard core
- heathen
- humanism
- parishioner
- pilgrim
- revisionism
- skeptic
- the laity
- theist
- unbeliever
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