Syncatabasis
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Syncatabasis (Greek synkatabasis, lit. "going down together with", Latin condescensio; also anthropopatheia) in
Novatian declares the Word (Sermo), His Son, is a substance that proceeds from the one God (substantia prolata), whose generation no apostle nor angel nor any creature can declare. He is not a second God, because He is eternally in the Father, else the Father would not be eternally Father. The syncatabasis takes place as He proceeded from the Father, when the Father willed it for the purpose of creation, while still remaining with the Father.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia, article on Novatian and Novatianism. 1911.
- ^ John Henry Newman (1872). Causes of the rise and successes of Arianism.
- ^ John Henry Newman (1881). Tracts theological and ecclesiastical. London: Pickering and Co. p. 195.
- ISBN 978-1-139-49387-1. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Novatian and Novatianism". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.