“The distinction of the Persons is recognized in the causative and the caused.” This clearly means caused to exist.

@QuestionTrinity Not really Jesus is God because the Father is God they share the same nature. the Father Eternally generates the son There was never a time when the father did not generate the son. The monarchial trinitarian system accounts for verses where jesus says the father is greater

@QuestionTrinity It does not mean cause to exist! One's essence is One's existence! It what makes you what you are-existing. Hypostasis is what makes you unique from others that have the same kind of Nature. God has 3 Hypostasis (uniquenesses from eachother) but 1 Essence (same spark of existence