Negative Theology
Definition
God is Mind and Spirit, self-sufficient, invisible, intangible, unnamed and unknowable; Novatian likewise opposes literal reading of anthropomorphic expressions about God. God is the supreme Being, incomparable to anything and therefore one.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Apophatic Doctrine Of God
Biblical References
- Isaiah 7:10 — *The Lord again spoke to Ahaz: *
- Matthew 16:19 — *I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.” *
- Galatians 2:11-14 — But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong. Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and
- Acts 8:9-24 — Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying,