English Dictionary

via negativa

名詞

(theology) A concept of God built up through negative statements about his nature.

日本語の意味

神の性質を限定するために、何でないかを述べることで神の概念を構築する神学的アプローチ、すなわち否定神学 / 神を肯定的な形で定義するのではなく、否定的な記述を通してその概要を示す宗教哲学の概念

Many theologians still find value in the via negativa when trying to speak about an ultimately unknowable God.

多くの神学者は、究極的に知り得ない神について語ろうとする際に、否定神学に価値を見出している。

意味（1）

(theology) A concept of God built up through negative statements about his nature.

The medieval Roman Catholic Church recognized two opposite roads to grace: the via negativa of the monk's cell and the hermit's cave, and the via affirmativa of immersion in human affairs, of being in the world whether or not one is of it.