cataphatic theology

Cataphatic theology or kataphatic theology is theology that uses "positive" terminology to describe or refer to the divine – specifically, God – i.e. terminology that describes or refers to what the divine is believed to be, in contrast to the "negative" terminology used in apophatic theology to indicate what it is believed the divine is not. "Cataphatic" is a portmanteau of the two Greek verbs cata ("to descend") and femi ("to speak"), making a rough translation of its meaning to be "to bring God down in such a way so as to [be able to] speak of [Him]".