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Thesaurus: apophatic

of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as ‘God is unknowable’)

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  1. adj. of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as ‘God is unknowable’)
  2. j:100 a. of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')