it amounted to the same thing as Arianism. The bottom line was that both Arianism and Nestorianism put our salvation in the hands of one who was not fully God. Arianism did this by arguing that the Son was a creature. Nestorianism did this by arguing that even though the Son was above the hard line and equal to the Father, Christ was a creature, a graced man, rather than being God the Son himself. In both cases, a creature could do nothing but lead us up to God; he could not come down to save us