• The Laws of Logic Hold Universally
• Christianity's distinctive, characteristic beliefs

• the Son is subordinate to the Father
• if the Son is subordinate to the Father, then the Son is not fully God
• If the above is true, x the Son has always been fully God

∴ x the Son has always been fully God

Arius (cf. Arianism)

• the Son is less divine than the Father
• if the Son is less divine than the Father, then the Son is not fully God
• If the above is true, x the Son has always been fully God

∴ x the Son has always been fully God

Arius (cf. Arianism)

• Jesus was a human that God adopted to be Messiah (cf. Adoptionism)
• If Jesus was a human that was adopted to be Messiah, then the Son is not fully God
• If the above is true, x the Son has always been fully God

∴ x the Son has always been fully God

Arius (cf. Arianism)

• Jesus was a mere man
• a mere man cannot be God
• If the above is true, x the Son has always been fully God

∴ x the Son has always been fully God

Ebionites

the Son has always been fully God