Athanasius, the Nicene fathers, and the uniquiness of the Son

For [Athanasius and the Nicene fathers], what marked him out from all others-what was unique about him-was that he alone was eternally begotten of the Father.

 

Kevin Giles, The Eternal Generation of the Son: Maintaining Orthodoxy in Trinitarian Theology (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012), 7