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Apophatism and Cataphatism in Protestantism

open access: yesБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2006
The author of the paper shows the essential superiority of the apophatic way of knowing God over the cataphatic way in Christian theology. Protestantism, which frequently (and often deservedly) is accused of excessive rationalism, has actually remained ...
Constantine PROKHOROV
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A NIILIDADE E O ANONIMATO DE DEUS: O APOFATISMO DO MÍSTICO PSEUDO-DIONÍSIO, O AREOPAGITA - DOI 10.5752/P.1983-2478.2014v9n16p431

open access: yesInterações, 2015
RESUMO Este artigo apresenta o apofatismo do Pseudo-Dionísio, o areopagita, como um conhecimento místico que recusa determinar Deus como um conceito objetivo e exige o abandono das formulações que ousam encerrar o Mistério divino em categorias ...
Lindomar Rocha Mota   +1 more
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Negation as Infinite Affirmation

open access: yesDiakrisis, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to identify the meaning of negation in Dionysius the Areopagite’s apophatism: how and towards which reality does it orient contemplation and what does it actually say about God who reveals Himself?
Grigore Dinu Moș
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On the Origins of the Very First Principle as Infinite: The Hierarchy of the Infinite in Damascius and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

open access: yesPeitho, 2019
This paper discusses the theoretical relationship between the views of Damascius and those of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. While Damascius’ De principiis is a bold treatise devoted to investigating the hypermetaphysics of apophatism, it anticipates ...
Tiziano F. Ottobrini
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apophatic visuality

open access: yesVeritas (Porto Alegre), 2022
This paper is about the specific character of the aesthetic experience of icons. I am arguing for the idea that the aesthetic experience of icons is a necessary condition of their role and function in Christian worship, and, moreover, that this particular aesthetic experience is of an apophatic kind.
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Apophatic Inquiry: Living the Questions Themselves [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2020
In qualitative research, the importance of knowledge production is illustrated by the confidence in logos, that still flags. Although there is significant attention for approaches that are inclusive to the body, affect and non-rational dimensions, these approaches still aim to generate understandings by the appropriation of knowledge.
Merel Visse   +2 more
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L’attualit della dottrina cristologica di Calcedonia

open access: yesThe Person and the Challenges, 2011
The Christological doctrine de fi ned during the Chalcedon Council (451) was the point of reference to consolidate the Christian doctrine in the fi fth century.
Janusz Królikowski
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Understanding God’s (im)mutability and (im)passibility: A Greek patristic point of view

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that patristic theology has resolved the problem of God’s immutability, which is affirmed paradoxically Holy Scripture.
Ciprian Streza
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Apophatic Finitism and Infinitism

open access: yesLogique et Analyse, 2019
This article is about the ontological dispute between finitists, who claim that only finitely many numbers exist, and infinitists, who claim that infinitely many numbers exist. Van Bendegem set out to solve the 'general problem' for finitism: how can one recast finite fragments of classical mathematics in finitist terms?
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DAOISM AS A PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE

open access: yesLinguarum Universe
The paper aims to debate Daoism as a “philosophy of language.” It is based on the presumption that Chinese philosophy, especially Daoism, regards the world as the changeable, variable, volatile, and fluid flow of changes and transformations. Therefore,
Antoaneta Nikolova
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