"via negativa" meaning in English

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          "text": "The medieval Roman Catholic Church recognized two opposite roads to grace: the via negativa of the monk's cell and the hermit's cave, and the via affirmativa of immersion in human affairs, of being in the world whether or not one is of it.",
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        "(theology) A concept of God built up through negative statements about his nature."
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