positive theology

noun

1. a theological approach or tradition in which the nature of God is thought to be knowable and is understood through positive statements. Compare negative theology.cataphasis ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of positive theology¹

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

It did this by adopting a positive theology of wealth creation and putting it in the larger context of world evangelization and resistance to tyrannical government.

From Forbes

Greater precision, more "positive theology," a more constant look-out for what authority had said or might say—these necessities would make the teacher's office more difficult, even if more definite.

From Project Gutenberg

The teaching of scholastic philosophy and theology in all Seminaries and Catholic Universities, and at the same time the study of positive theology, which ought to be prosecuted in a sincerely Catholic spirit.

From Project Gutenberg

Though the progress of his psychological thought compelled him to abandon the positive theology of the Moravians, he always retained an appreciation of its spiritual or symbolic significance.

From Project Gutenberg

In boyhood he was so precocious a scholar that at eighteen he was made professor of Positive Theology, and, a little later, of Philosophy and of Mathematics.

From Project Gutenberg