Trinity Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Jesus in later Christian theology==== Some have suggested that John presents a hierarchy{{sfn|Clarke|1900|pp=161ff.}}{{sfn|Polkinghorne|2008|pp=395β396}} when he quotes Jesus as saying, "The Father is greater than I", a statement which was appealed to by [[Nontrinitarianism|nontrinitarian]] groups such as [[Arianism]].{{sfn|Simonetti|Oden|2002|p=}} However, Church Fathers such as [[Augustine of Hippo]] and [[Thomas Aquinas]] argued this statement was to be understood as Jesus speaking about his human nature.<ref name="de-trinitate1"/><ref name="dhspriory.org">{{cite book |last1=Aquinas |first1=Thomas |title=Summa Contra Gentiles Book Four Chapter 8 |url=https://dhspriory.org/thomas/ContraGentiles4.htm#8 |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-date=28 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728185342/http://dhspriory.org/thomas/ContraGentiles4.htm#8 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page