apophatic

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Language is slippery and I am in one of my apophatic, let all mortal flesh keep silence phases.

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  1. of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')

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  • So all speech is shot through with an apophatic, what? —  Latest entries from endlesslyrocking.blog-city.com
  • Language is slippery and I am in one of my apophatic, let all mortal flesh keep silence phases. —  Paula's House of Toast
  • The Roots of Christian Mysticism I was struck by Clement's idea that even modern Atheism could (should?) be seen as an apophatic cleansing of our theology. —  Sarx
  • Where Brad says "for a disturbing look at apophatic theology played out to an extreme, click here", that's me. —  Blogging Change
  • Not because I like to disturb people, but because being disturbed is often the first indicator of an unexamined, oppressive belief system that is begging to be re-evaluated - that's like crack cocaine to an apophatic. —  Blogging Change
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