It is readily agreed, perhaps too readily agreed—both by Orthodox and non-Orthodox—that Orthodox theology is “apophatic,” that it proceeds by denial rather than by affirmation. The Roman Catholic priest Joseph Famerée, very much a friend of Orthodoxy, asserts, “So, it is by indicating what God is not that the theologian most truly teaches. God is above any human word or thought. Eastern theology is, as such, negative or apophatic.”
