If God and Christ were equal then Christ should be called God’s brother, not God’s Son. Arius More Quotes by Arius More Quotes From Arius If the Father begat the Son, he that was begotten had a beginning of existence: and from this it is evident, that there was a time when the Son was not. It therefore necessarily follows, that he had his substance from nothing. Arius substance father son There was a time when He was not. Arius