Apophatic theology
WAY OF DESCRIBING THE DIVINE BY EXPLAINING WHAT GOD IS NOT
Apophat; Via negativa; Apophatic Theology; Apothatic theology; Theologia negativa; Via Negativa; Negative theology; Apophatism; Apophatic philosophy; Via negationis; Way of Negation; Via eminentiae; Apophaticism; Si comprehendis, non est Deus; Si comprehendis non est Deus
Apophatic theology, also known as negative theology, is a form of theological thinking and religious practice which attempts to approach God, the Divine, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God. It forms a pair together with cataphatic theology, which approaches God or the Divine by affirmations or positive statements about what God is.