====== the Son is less divine than the Father ======

===== Assumptions =====
  * [[The Laws of Logic hold universally]]
  * [[Christianity#Distinctive, characteristic beliefs|Christianity's distinctive, characteristic beliefs]]

===== Reasoning =====

  * [[x the Son always existed]]
  * [[if x the Son always existed, and the Father always existed, then the Son is less divine than the Father]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

  * [[a begotten being is of lower rank than the begetter]]
  * [[the Father beget the Son]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

  * [[the Father is supreme]]
  * [[if there were another equally divine being, the Father would not be supreme]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

  * [[the Father is simple in essence]]
  * [[if there were another equally divine being, the Father would not be simple in essence]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]


==== Definitions ====

==== Analogies ====

==== Notable Supporters ====
[[wp>Arius]]
====== Counter-Statement ======
[[x the Son is less divine than the Father]]


===== Reasoning =====

  * [[God's fatherhood either describes His nature and essence or His activity]]
  * [[if God's fatherhood describes His nature and essence, then the Son is not the same ousia as the Father]]
  * [[if the Son is not of the same ousia, He is less divine than the Father]]
  * [[if God's Fatherhood describes His activity, then the son is created]]
  * [[if the Son is created, He is less divine than the Father]]
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]


==== Definitions ====
ousia: substance

==== Analogies ====

==== Notable Supporters ====
[[wp>Eunomius]]

====== Talk ======