“Therefore the theology of negation is so necessary to the theology of affirmation that without it God would not be worshiped as the infinite God but as creature; and such worship is idolatry, for it gives to an image that which only belongs to truth itself.”

–Nicholas of Cusa

The only proper name for God, from the perspective of negative theology, is the infinite: a purely negative term.

–Catherine Keller

Thoughts about apophatic or negative theology keep flying at me from all angles. It’s great! I’m still reading Catherine Keller’s book in which she talks about it (quite wonderfully I will say). Tony Jones has also been experimenting with negative theology over at his blog.

What an interesting way to think about the Divine. I think this is an extremely important excersie, especially when dealing with a subject that can never be fully comprehended or crammed in our heads.

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