Mainstream orthodox Christianity asserts that Jesus is entirely co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Holy Spirit as the second Person of the unified Trinity.
However, secular textual critics and Islamic theologians highlight multiple passages in the gospels, such as John 14:28 ('the Father is greater than I') and Mark 13:32, to argue that the historical Jesus openly acknowledged a subordinate role relative to the Almighty Creator. They view these texts as evidence that a formal doctrine of absolute equality within a triune Godhead was a later theological development rather than an original apostolic teaching.