The teaching that Jesus has always been is not what was taught in the beginning. That teaching is from around the 400's AD. or so. The Anthanasian Creed says that they are coequal and coeternal, however, the Nicene Creed which came earlier states otherwise.
The Nicene Creed
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.
Who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets.
And I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
Notice, the creed says, I believe in "one God. the Father." This is the same thing Paul said,
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But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom
are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
are all things, and we by him.
(1Co 8:5-6 KJV)
The creed says the same thing that Paul said, there is one God, the Father and one Lord Jesus Christ. Notice also that the creed say that the Son was begotten before all worlds. Jesus said that ne came out of God.