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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cataphatic /ˌkatəˈfatɪk/

▶adjective Theology (of knowledge of God) obtained through defining God with positive statements. The opposite of apophatic.

– origin C19: from Gk kataphatikos ‘affirmative’, from kataphasis ‘affirmation’.

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