Chapter 2, Section 1n

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

The text explicitly contrasts the Via Negativa (Undifference) of the Godhead with the Via Affirmativa of Dogmatic Theology.

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The text describes the ultimate Godhead as beyond categories and distinctions that transcend themselves.

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

The passage links Wisdom to 'Light' and discusses the revelation of God through creative activity.

The doctrine that God has no parts, divisions, or composite attributes; pure undivided being.

The text emphasizes that the Godhead is indivisible and has no parts or divisions.

A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.

The passage describes how Differentiations flow out into creative activity from the Undifferenced Godhead.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The text states that 'Deification' is not a mere speculation but embodies an experienced fact.

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The text describes God's rest on the Seventh Day as meaning that the creation rested in Him rather than God Himself resting.

The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.

The passage discusses the distinction between the Two planes of Being and the ultimate transcendence of Differentiations into the Undifferenced Godhead.

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

The text notes that Differentiations finally lead us up into the Undifferenced Godhead where they transcend themselves.

The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.

The text describes how Differentiations flow out into creative activity but ultimately transcend themselves back to the Godhead.

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

The passage states that Differentiations finally lead us up into the Undifferenced Godhead.

The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.

The passage explicitly states that 'Deification' is not a mere speculation but embodies an experienced fact.