Doctrine To The Council According To Raeus

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When Arius was first to introduce his doctrine to the council, he stated, “There was a time when the Father was without Christ, the Father waited before he created Christ.” (Hefele, 301) Arius wanted to make it clear to all who were present in the council that he believed that Jesus has been created and had an origin, in comparison to the Father God, who is the eternal God. He provided the council with many letters that had verses from the Bible to show the difference between the Father and the Son. One of the letters which he sent to Alexander stated that Jesus was, “one of the creatures; offspring, but not as one of another thing begotten.” (Hefele, 305) When Arius mentioned the word ‘begotten,’ he meant the Father, the alpha, and the omega,