via negativa

Noun

Meaning

via negativa

(theology) A concept of God built up through negative statements about his nature.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

apophatism apophatic theology

Examples

There is no way from us to God - not even via negativa not even a via dialectica nor paradoxa. The god who stood at the end of some human way - even of this way - would not be God. Karl Barth

There is no way from us to God - not even via negativa not even a via dialectica nor paradoxa. Karl Barth

Close letter words and terms

via ferrata via media via munita via the bile via the male ancestors via the male kinship