Via Negativa

Question 1

Some scholars have argued that is its only possible to talk about God us we use..and talk about…

Answer 1

Negative terms

- what God is not

Question 2

What is via negativa

Answer 2

Talking about God using negative terms and what he is not

Question 3

What is via negativa also called

Answer 3

Apophatic way

Question 4

What does doing this emphasise

Answer 4

The difference between God and humanity

Question 5

What do people who agree with this believe about any description of God that gives his positive attributes

Answer 5

That they’re misleading and should be avoided

Question 6

If we Talk about God in positive terms and suggest he has attributes that we recognise from this world we are making statements that are

Answer 6

Inaccurate and damage our understanding

Question 7

People who support via negativa believe that it is better to what

Answer 7

Accept the mysteries of God than try to pin God down using flawed concepts

Question 8

We start to imagine that our reasoning can understand what?

Answer 8

Divine mysteries

Question 9

What did pseduo-Dionysius argue

Answer 9

That via negativa is the only way in which we can truthfully speak about God, because God is beyond all human experience, understanding and imagination