"going down together with", Latin "condescensio"; also "anthropopatheia") in Christology is the "condescension" of God below his transcendence for the purpose of creation, and the ascription of human passions or attributes to God.The Hebrew term is "derech benai Adam" "the way of the sons of Man"

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.