Part 2, The Apophatic Tradition
The late Robert Farrar Capon, in his typical outrageous style, likened our attempts to describe the mystery underlying creation as akin to an intelligent oyster's attempts to describe a ballerina.
That reminds me of another apt RFC quote:
"Theology is not the explication of straight-line propositions about God but a word game in which analogies and images are tossed at a Mystery."
—Robert Farrar Capon, The Romance of the Word
One of my favorite works by Capon.
Very helpful! Excited for the rest of the “On Mystery” series.
The late Robert Farrar Capon, in his typical outrageous style, likened our attempts to describe the mystery underlying creation as akin to an intelligent oyster's attempts to describe a ballerina.
That reminds me of another apt RFC quote:
"Theology is not the explication of straight-line propositions about God but a word game in which analogies and images are tossed at a Mystery."
—Robert Farrar Capon, The Romance of the Word
One of my favorite works by Capon.
Very helpful! Excited for the rest of the “On Mystery” series.