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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Theological concept
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Via negativa
Negative theology
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gptkbp:approach
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Describing what God is not
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:theology
Philosophy of religion
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gptkbp:contrastsWith
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Cataphatic theology
Positive theology
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gptkbp:describes
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God in terms of what cannot be said about Him
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gptkbp:emphasizes
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Ineffability of God
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gptkbp:focusesOn
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Divine transcendence
Limitations of language
Mystery of the divine
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gptkbp:hasConcept
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God is beyond human comprehension
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gptkbp:historicalFigureAssociated
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gptkb:Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite
gptkb:John_Scotus_Eriugena
gptkb:Meister_Eckhart
gptkb:Gregory_of_Nyssa
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Apophatic Theology
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Sufism
gptkb:theology
Orthodox Judaism
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gptkbp:key
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gptkb:The_Cloud_of_Unknowing
Works of Gregory of Nyssa
The Mystical Theology by Pseudo-Dionysius
Works of John Scotus Eriugena
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gptkbp:method
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Describing God by negation
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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Greek philosophy
Early Christian thought
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gptkbp:relatedConcept
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gptkb:spirituality
atheism
Transcendence
Ineffability
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:Neoplatonism
gptkb:theology
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_theology
Jewish theology
Mystical theology
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Christian_Mysticism
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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