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Definition of Cataphatic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively.
Definition of Cataphatic
1. Adjective. (theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than (apophatic) in terms of what God is not. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cataphatic
Literary usage of Cataphatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1912)
"He distinguishes between (cataphatic) affirmative or positive theology, in which
truth is represented under the garb of a symbol, and (apophatic) negative ..."
2. Lectures on the History of Christian Dogmas by August Neander (1858)
"He speaks of a reation, but only from a cataphatic standpoint. Instead of saying,
God created all things, we should say more truly, God is in all. ..."
3. A Text Book of the History of Doctrines by Karl Rudolf Hagenbach (1867)
"The whole of theology, according to him, is divided into affirmative and
negative (the cataphatic ..."
4. The Doctrine of the Incarnation by Robert L. Ottley (1896)
"The object of the cataphatic theology was God regarded as knowable, active, and
self-communicating; the apophatic theology laid stress on the impenetrable ..."
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