If the Son were uncreated, Arius reasoned, if he were always existing, then the Son would also be ungenerate and unbegotten, just as the Father is; the result would be a Son who is a Father and a second first principle beside the Father, and this is absurd.

Long-standing custom calls for referring to the town chairman as mayor, even though we don't have a mayor.

Thus, under a plausible and specious humility, circumscribing the bounds of human reason, neglecting its powers, and leaving it wholly devoid of that sustentation which would lead to its expansion and culture.

fatherly advice