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cataphatic

adjective

  1. of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταφατικός (kataphatikós, “affirmative”).

  1. Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
  2. That which actively defines a thing by describing what is characteristic of it.