Cataphatic Theology
Definition
The approach to understanding God by establishing everything that He is not — indivisible, uncreated, limitless; in ascetic practice, the systematic rejection of all properties and qualities inherent in created nature, including the angelic and spiritual worlds, so as to rise above them to a true understanding of God.
Episodes
- 004 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 2
- 006 — Dogmatic Theology — Topic 4
- 116 — Patrology — Topic 4
- 117 — Patrology — Topic 5
- 119 — Patrology — Topic 7
- 122 — Patrology — Topic 10
- 125 — Patrology — Topic 13
Related Concepts
- Apophatic Negative Theology
- Apophatic Theology
- Divine Names
- Natural Attribute
Biblical References
- 1 Corinthians 8:1 — *With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. *
- 1 Corinthians 8:2-3 — *If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know. But if someone loves God, he is known by God. *
- Genesis 4:1 — Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, “I have created a man just as the Lord did!”
- Genesis 4:25 — And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”
- Genesis 3:5 — *for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” *
- Exodus 5:2 — *But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel!” *