This idea is centered on the belief that Jesus was begotten by the Father. If Jesus is God like the Father, then there would be two Gods and this would then compromise monotheism because you cannot have two unbegotten Gods coexisting together in monotheism. For Arius, it was easy to think of Jesus as being created because everything comes from God the Father. This means that everything that comes from the Father is inferior to him because he created these things like Jesus. Arius could not see the distinction between “creating” and “begetting” because he thought of receptivity (i.e. begotten) as non-divine. At the Council of Nicaea the word “begotten” is defined as meaning made of the same substance which then leads to the understanding that Jesus is consubstantial with the Father (i.e.
This idea is centered on the belief that Jesus was begotten by the Father. If Jesus is God like the Father, then there would be two Gods and this would then compromise monotheism because you cannot have two unbegotten Gods coexisting together in monotheism. For Arius, it was easy to think of Jesus as being created because everything comes from God the Father. This means that everything that comes from the Father is inferior to him because he created these things like Jesus. Arius could not see the distinction between “creating” and “begetting” because he thought of receptivity (i.e. begotten) as non-divine. At the Council of Nicaea the word “begotten” is defined as meaning made of the same substance which then leads to the understanding that Jesus is consubstantial with the Father (i.e.