Jesus was "begotten not made"

Thanks y'all for your discussion last week. Things have been crazy in my world, so I didn't get to post this until now.

Mrs. Whitson had a really good thought about our discussion about Jehovah's Witnesses and the wording of "only begotten Son." She reminded me that in the Nicene Creed (it's only umm... 1700 years old, from the time of Constantine in the year 325AD) the early church tried to explain the "begotten" by saying that Jesus was "begotten not made." This is what Christians have believed from the start of the Church.

If you are interested to learn more, read this easy-to-understand article about what "begotten" means (it's from GotQuestions.org which is an excellent website, by the way... bookmark that one). Or you can read more than you ever wanted to know about the Nicene Creed with this stout article.

Even 1700 years ago, the Church denied the very things Jehovah's Witnesses and others are teaching today. The Church has always rejected the idea that Jesus was created and anything less than 100% God.

This isn't part of an assignment. It's just in case you are interested.