comes from the Greek word ????????? kataphasis meaning "affirmation", coming from ???? kata (an intensifier) and ????? phanai ("to speak").

Terminology

Cataphatic and apophatic theology are two sides of the same coin. One must endeavor to use language to the fullest extent to try and describe God (cataphatic) and then realize that language falls short of doing so (apophatic). To speak of God or the divine cataphatically is thought by some to be by

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