Historically, the debate over Jesus's nature has been one of the most significant and defining controversies in Christianity. Early Christian communities grappled with understanding how Jesus could be both divine and human, leading to various theological schools of thought. The Nicene Creed, developed in the 4th century, became the defining statement of orthodoxy for the majority of Christians, asserting Jesus's full divinity and co-eternity with the Father. However, dissenting views, such as Arianism (which held Jesus to be a created being subordinate to God), persisted and periodically resurfaced throughout history. Jehovah's Witnesses trace their theological lineage in some ways to these earlier non-Trinitarian interpretations, albeit through their own distinct reading of scripture that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.