Cataphatic Theology
Cataphatic (sometimes spelled kataphatic) theology is the expressing of God or the divine through positive terminology. This is in contrast to defining God or the divine in what God is not, which is referred to as negative or apophatic theology. The word cataphatic itself is formed from two Greek words, "cata" meaning to descend and "phatos" meaning to speak. Thus, to combine them translates the word roughly as "to bring God down in such a way so as to speak of him."
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