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  • adjective Alternative form of cataphatic.

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Examples

  • Instead, the distinction between kataphatic and apophatic refers solely to differences in the preparatory regimen employed in the “mystical way,” the former using “positive” techniques, the latter only

    Mysticism Gellman, Jerome 2005

  • My own spiritual director (a Trappist monk) has a very strong bias toward apophatic prayer, and I'm continually teasing/reminding him that the kataphatic path can be just as blessed by God.

    The Website of Unknowing 2009

  • To be fair, I admit that apophatic and kataphatic are not crutch words, but legitimate members of a specific terminology that any science needs as tools of the trade.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 2 1979

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