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Apophatic Definition & Meaning

apophatic
adjective
  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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What does apophatic mean?
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')
What part of speech is apophatic?
Apophatic is an adjective.

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