KnowraGod the SonGod the SonGod the Son is the second person of the Christian Trinity, eternally divine and incarnate as Jesus Christ.BriefConnectTrinity: The Christian doctrine that one God exists as three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God the Son is one of the three persons named in this doctrine.Arian controversy: A fourth-century dispute over whether the Son was fully divine or a created being subordinate to the Father. The controversy made the Son’s eternal divinity a defining doctrinal question.Irenaeus of Lyons: A second-century Christian bishop and theologian who described Christ as recapitulating human life and history. His account links the Son’s incarnation to the restoration of humanity.Arianism: A Christian theological position that treats the Son as created and subordinate in being to the Father. It conflicts with the Nicene claim that the Son is eternally and fully divine.Incarnation: The Christian doctrine that the divine Son assumed human nature in Jesus Christ. It explains how the eternally divine Son became human without ceasing to be divine.First Council of Nicaea: A council held in 325 that rejected Arian teaching and affirmed the Son as consubstantial with the Father. It gave formal creedal expression to the Son’s full divinity.Origen: An early Christian theologian whose writings explored the Son’s relation to the Father and the interpretation of Scripture. His work shaped early debate about the Son’s eternal generation.Adoptionism: A Christological view that regards Jesus as a human adopted by God as Son rather than eternally divine. It rejects the claim that Jesus is the incarnate eternal Son.Hypostatic union: The doctrine that Jesus Christ is one person with both a divine nature and a human nature. It specifies how the Son’s divinity and humanity coexist in Christ.First Council of Constantinople: A council held in 381 that reaffirmed Nicene Christianity and expanded its creed concerning the Holy Spirit. It reinforced the Trinitarian framework in which the Son is understood.Show all 20Linked from 6 pagesJesusRelated: Christian belief gives this title a central role in understanding Jesus.Son of ManCompared with: Gospel writers use it alongside Son of Man, foregrounding a different dimension of Jesus’s identity.Jesus PrayerRelated: The prayer invokes this title as part of its confession of faith.Jesus in IslamCompared with: Islam rejects the claim that God has a son in a literal or divine sense.NephilimRelated: Their unions with human women in Genesis 6 are central to explanations of the Nephilim.God the FatherRelated: The Father is defined in Christian doctrine through his eternal relation to the Son.