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cataphatic

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Adj.1.cataphatic - of or relating to the religious belief that God can be known to humans positively or affirmatively
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1) Contemplation is approached by a gradual path leading from purgative to illuminative to unitive; from cataphatic to apophatic.
Centering Prayer and attention of the heart by Bourgeault, Cynthia / Cross Currents
Some may wonder at her somewhat facile distinction between apophatic and cataphatic prayer, as well as her surprising omissions.
Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
John of the Cross's poem "The Dark Night" with its references to the "case" being "segura" (and even its repeated phrase "Ah, the sheer grace"); (25) but this poem is firmly cataphatic, focused on the sacramentality of the scene--here it is not a matter of leaving the house and going forth into the darkness, as in St.
"The surest home is pointless": a pathless path through Merton's ... by O'Connell, Patrick F. / Cross Currents
 
 
 
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