Apophatic theology, also known as negative theology, is a form of theological thinking and religious practice which attempts to approach God, the Divine...

Apophatic may refer to: Apophasis, a rhetoric device whereby the speaker raises something by denying it Apophatic theology, a way of describing the divine...

believed to be, in contrast to the "negative" terminology used in apophatic theology to indicate what it is believed the divine is not. "Cataphatic" comes...

the ineffable Absolute beyond the theology of divine names." Pseudo-Dionysius' Apophatic theology, or "negative theology", exerted a great influence on medieval...

and incomprehensible infinity”, Eriugena follows Pseudo-Dionysius's apophaticism into its extremes towards "the ineffable and incomprehensible and inaccessible...

of God, cataphatic theology with apophatic theology, a hermeneutic defined by a Sacred Tradition, a catholic ecclesiology, a theology of the person, and...

down. Apophatic theology often is contrasted with "Cataphatic theology". In many Christian seminaries, the four Great Departments of Theology are: Exegetical...

Unitarianism, binitarianism and modalism. The theological study of the Trinity is called "triadology" or "Trinitarian theology". While the developed doctrine of the...

Christian theology is the theology – the systematic study of the divine and religion – of Christian belief and practice. It concentrates primarily upon...

philosophical speculation. While Thomas Aquinas argued that kataphatic and apophatic theology need to balance each other, Vladimir Lossky argued, based on his reading...

reach God. Such writings reflect a broader medieval tradition of apophatic theology, or the via negativa, where the divine is approached not through assertions...

Hayyi Rabbi in Mandaeism. The existence of God is a subject of debate in theology, philosophy of religion and popular culture. In philosophical terms, the...

Through his writing in Mystical Theology, he has been identified as the "progenitor of apophatic or negative theology." The author pseudepigraphically...

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline...

into theology proper such as theodicy, eschatology, anthropology, apophatic theology, and comparative religion. In the history of Sunni Muslim theology, there...

and omnipotent, the Sethian mythology approaches God by apophatic theology ("negative theology"), stating that God is immovable, invisible, intangible...

mysticism, and its accompanying apophatic theology. In Christian mysticism, contemplative prayer and Apophatic theology are central elements. In contemplative...

simplicity were championed by the Mu'tazili, which resulted in an apophatic theology. By postulating a distinction between existence and essence for all...

intellect (nous) and "the one" was addressed by Plotinus. In Christian theology, the Holy Trinity consists of three hypostases: that of the Father, that...

the ineffable Absolute beyond the theology of divine names." Pseudo-Dionysius' apophatic theology, or "negative theology", exerted a great influence on medieval...

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Imamato Ismaeli) on 11 July 2018. Nizari Ismaili theology is the pre-eminent negative or apophatic theology of Islam because it affirms the absolute Oneness...

Feminist theology is a movement found in several religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Jainism, Neopaganism, Baháʼí Faith,...

the Catholic Church declares that Baptism erases original sin. Methodist theology teaches that original sin is eradicted through entire sanctification. Sin...

Process theology is a type of theology developed from Alfred North Whitehead's (1861–1947) process philosophy, but most notably by Charles Hartshorne (1897–2000)...

Augustine, and Aquinas expounded their supernatural counterparts, the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Prudence (φρόνησις, phrónēsis; Latin:...

tradition of apophatic theology, while his more recent books have signalled a move toward the theory and practice of death of God theology. In these books...

University of Navarra, and at Documenta Catholica Omnia. Adoro te devote Apophatic theology § The via eminentiae Christian mysticism Corpus Domini High Middle...

and Pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit). Apophatic theology Attributes of God Cataphatic theology Divine simplicity Divinization Doctrine of God...

became highly influential and widely drawn upon in medieval philosophy and theology. St. Thomas Aquinas, for example, elaborated on the unmoved mover in the...