| NOUN | cognition | 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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| Meaning | 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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| Broader | religion, faith, religious belief | A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny |
| Opposite | apophatism | 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) |
| 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 | cataphatic | of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively |
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