▁the ▁Father ' s ▁will , ▁and ▁therefore ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁was ▁a ▁creature ▁made ▁by ▁God , ▁beg ot ten ▁directly ▁of ▁the ▁infinite ▁et ernal ▁God . ▁Ari us ' s ▁argument ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁was ▁God ' s ▁very ▁first ▁production , ▁before ▁all ▁ages , ▁the ▁position ▁being ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁had ▁a ▁beginning , ▁and ▁that ▁only ▁the ▁Father ▁has ▁no ▁beginning . ▁And ▁Ari us ▁argued ▁that ▁everything ▁else ▁was ▁created ▁through ▁the ▁Son . ▁Thus , ▁said ▁the ▁Ari ans , ▁only ▁the ▁Son ▁was ▁directly ▁created ▁and ▁beg ot ten ▁of ▁God ; ▁and ▁therefore ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁time ▁that ▁He ▁had ▁no ▁existence . ▁Ari us ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁of ▁God ▁was ▁capable ▁of ▁His ▁own ▁free ▁will ▁of ▁right ▁and ▁wrong , ▁and ▁that ▁" w ere ▁He ▁in ▁the ▁tr uest ▁sense ▁a ▁son , ▁He ▁must ▁have ▁come ▁after ▁the ▁Father , ▁therefore ▁the ▁time ▁obviously ▁was ▁when ▁He ▁was ▁not , ▁and ▁hence ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁finite ▁being ", ▁and ▁that ▁He ▁was ▁under ▁God ▁the ▁Father . ▁Therefore , ▁Ari us ▁ins isted ▁that ▁the ▁Father ' s ▁div inity ▁was ▁greater ▁than ▁the ▁Son ' s . ▁The ▁Ari ans ▁appe aled ▁to ▁Script ure , ▁qu oting ▁bib lic al ▁statements ▁such ▁as ▁" the ▁Father ▁is ▁greater ▁than ▁I " ▁( ), ▁and ▁also ▁that ▁the ▁Son ▁is ▁" first born ▁of ▁all ▁creation " ▁( ). ▁ ▁Arg uments ▁against ▁A rian ism