▁for ▁Jesus ▁to ▁be ▁God ' s ▁Son . ▁Alexander ▁maintained ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁was ▁divine ▁in ▁just ▁the ▁same ▁sense ▁that ▁the ▁Father ▁is , ▁co et ernal ▁with ▁the ▁Father , ▁else ▁he ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁a ▁true ▁Son . ▁ ▁Ari us ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁supre m acy ▁and ▁uniqu eness ▁of ▁God ▁the ▁Father , ▁meaning ▁that ▁the ▁Father ▁alone ▁is ▁al m ight y ▁and ▁infinite , ▁and ▁that ▁therefore ▁the ▁Father ' s ▁div inity ▁must ▁be ▁greater ▁than ▁the ▁Son ' s . ▁Ari us ▁taught ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁had ▁a ▁beginning , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁possessed ▁neither ▁the ▁et ern ity ▁nor ▁the ▁true ▁div inity ▁of ▁the ▁Father , ▁but ▁was ▁rather ▁made ▁" G od " ▁only ▁by ▁the ▁Father ' s ▁permission ▁and ▁power , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁was ▁rather ▁the ▁very ▁first ▁and ▁the ▁most ▁perfect ▁of ▁God ' s ▁cre atures . ▁ ▁The ▁A rian ▁discuss ions ▁and ▁deb ates ▁at ▁the ▁council ▁extended ▁from ▁about ▁ 2 0 ▁May ▁ 3 2 5 , ▁through ▁about ▁ 1 9 ▁June . ▁According ▁to ▁legend ary ▁accounts , ▁debate ▁became ▁so ▁he ated ▁that ▁at ▁one ▁point , ▁Ari us ▁was ▁struck ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁by ▁Nicholas ▁of ▁My ra , ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁canon ized . ▁This ▁account ▁is ▁almost ▁certainly ▁ap oc ry phal , ▁as ▁Ari us ▁himself ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁present ▁in ▁the ▁council ▁chamber ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁was