Meaning | The religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely 'other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not). |
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Broader | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
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Opposite | cataphatism | The religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam 'in his own image') |
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doctrine of analogy, analogy | The religious belief that between creature / creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater |
Adjectives | apophatic | of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as 'God is unknowable') |
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