* Apophatic theology

* A deity's aspect ; see Apophatic theology

Apophatic theology ( from Greek ἀπόφασις from ἀπόφημι – apophēmi, " to deny ")— also known as negative theology or via negativa ( Latin for " negative way ")— is a theology that attempts to describe God, the Divine Good, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God.

Apophatic theology found its most influential expression in works such as those of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor ( Pseudo-Dionysius is quoted by Thomas Aquinas 1, 760 times in his Summa Theologica ).

** Apophatic theology, The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

This is in keeping with the church's use of Apophatic theology, as described by Dionysius the Areopagite and others.

** Apophatic theology – negative theology which seeks to describe God by negation ( e. g., immutable, impassible ).

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Whereas with rational thought one uses logic to understand, one does the opposite with God ( see also Apophatic theology ).

* Apophatic theology in Buddhism

This Apophatic Theology ( Negative theology ) mode of thinking about God is found throughout Gnosticism, Vedantic Hinduism, Platonic and Aristotelean theology, and Eastern Orthodox theology as well.

Apophatic statements are crucial to much modern theologians in Orthodox Christianity ( see Vladimir Lossky, John Meyendorff, John S. Romanides and Georges Florovsky ).

Apophatic movements in Hinduism are visible in the works of Shankara, a philosopher of Advaita Vedanta school of Indian philosophy, and Bhartṛhari, a grammarian.

# Apophatic ( imageless, stillness, and wordlessness ) -- e. g., The Cloud of the Unknowing, Meister Eckhart ; and

Apophatic statements refer to transcendence in this context, as opposed to cataphasis referring to immanence.

Articles of faith are sets of beliefs usually found in creeds, sometimes numbered, and often beginning with " We believe ...", which attempt to more or less define the fundamental theology of a given religion, and especially in the Christian Church.

This is often seen as the first instance of true monotheism in history, although the details of Atenist theology are still unclear.

In contrast, Evangelical groups, while they typically agree on the theology " fundamentals " as expressed in The Fundamentals, often are willing to participate in events with religious groups who do not hold to the essential doctrines.

His contributions to Trinitarian theology are also influential and often cited in the Western churches.

He often cited the Church Fathers in order to defend the reformed cause against the charge that the reformers were creating new theology.

Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln wrote Execreitationes aliquot metaphysicae de Deo ( 1637 ) and spoke often of natural theology during the reign of Charles II.

Political and economic relations were drastically influenced by these theories as the concept of the guild was subordinated to the theory of free trade, and Roman Catholic dominance of theology was increasingly challenged by Protestant churches subordinate to each nation-state, which also ( in a fashion the Roman Catholic Church often decried angrily ) preached in the vulgar or native language of each region.

In the late 20th century, pantheism was often declared to be the underlying " theology " of Neopaganism, and Pantheists began forming organizations devoted specifically to Pantheism and treating it as a separate religion.

" Puritan theology " makes sense only as certain parts of Reformed theology, i. e. the legacy in theological terms of Calvinism, as it was expounded by Puritan preachers ( often known as lecturers ), and applied in the lives of Puritans.

The basic theology of Christian denominations often varies ( see Material principle ).

Religious skepticism is not the same as atheism or agnosticism, though these often do involve skeptical attitudes toward religion and philosophical theology ( for example, towards divine omnipotence ).

A theodicy is often based on a prior natural theology, which attempts to prove the existence of God, and seeks to demonstrate that God's existence remains probable after the problem of evil is posed by giving a justification for God's permitting evil to happen.

As in theology, Unitarian Universalist worship and ritual are often a combination of elements derived from other faith traditions alongside original practices and symbols.

This notion was deeply rooted in the aesthetic value simplicity holds for human thought and the justifications presented for it often drew from theology.

Many followers relocated to Persia and became affiliated with the local Christian community there ; this adopted an increasingly Nestorian theology and was thereafter often known as the Nestorian Church.

Edwards's theological work is broad in scope, but he is often associated with Reformed theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage.

The lahoot salbi or " negative theology " involves the use of ta ' til, which means " negation ," and the followers of the Mu ' tazili school of Kalam, founded by Imam Wasil ibn Ata, are often called the Mu ' attili, because they are frequent users of the ta ' til methodology.

The Sufis greatly depend on the use of ta ' til in their spirituality, though they often also use Cataphatic theology.

As a celebrated scholastic philosopher and doctor of theology, he is often called Doctor Profundus, ( medieval epithet, meaning " the Profound Doctor ").

Each book contains discussions of theology, moral instruction, often prefaced as " The Consideration reduc'd to practise ," and model prayers requesting divine assistance in achieving them.

The Doctor of Theology, often stylized Th. D., is also a research doctorate, in theology, awarded by universities such as Harvard Divinity School and the University of Toronto among many others.

Even though Henri Estienne, Theodore de Beza ( rector of the university and professor of theology ), and Jacques Lect ( Lectius ), were men of superior learning, they often had no time for Casaubon.

While the charge of antinomianism can and often does apply to those who reject the keeping of any codified moral laws, antinomian theology does not necessarily imply the embrace of ethical permissiveness ; rather it usually implies emphasis on the inner working of the Holy Spirit as the primary source of ethical guidance.

The Latin phrase Odium theologicum ( literally meaning " theological hatred ") is the name originally given to the often intense anger and hatred generated by disputes over theology.