If a council issued a statement on something, doesn't mean that it was a new belief, or a newly-settled belief. It may have been the universal belief of Christians back to the apostles. There may have been no camps on the matter. The early council statements often were the first time that Christians gathered to articulate a belief for the first time, or to clarify an articulation. But that doesn't mean there were two kinds of Christians up until the council met, and the other was suppressed afterward.
You're wrong. Most of the councils/synods that issued a doctrinal statement did so because of doctrinal controversy within the church.
So, don't blithely assume that there were all these camps that you're talking about, just from the fact that a council met and talked about a question. If you do want to say that there were these camps, don't say it unless you actually know--who were they, and why do you think they existed? And why do you think that they are part of original Christianity?
To my knowledge, that Jesus was divine--not a mere human--is possibly the least controversial of all theological questions within Christianity
The most controversial and divisive issue was the doctrine of the person of Jesus Christ - the god-man union - according to Pelikan (author of the above mentioned book).
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A fundamental belief in Islam is that through the ages, the uncorrupted Bible became rife with revisions and mistakes
And this is based on what proof?
I say all this as a Muslim and you are right - most Muslims do and all should respect the other people of the book
As a muslim, have you read the Koran? Are you aware that it incites to murder and violence against jews and christians?
If a council issued a statement on something, doesn't mean that it was a new belief, or a newly-settled belief. It may have been the universal belief of Christians back to the apostles. There may have been no camps on the matter. The early council statements often were the first time that Christians gathered to articulate a belief for the first time, or to clarify an articulation. But that doesn't mean there were two kinds of Christians up until the council met, and the other was suppressed afterward.
You're wrong. Most of the councils/synods that issued a doctrinal statement did so because of doctrinal controversy within the church.
So, don't blithely assume that there were all these camps that you're talking about, just from the fact that a council met and talked about a question. If you do want to say that there were these camps, don't say it unless you actually know--who were they, and why do you think they existed? And why do you think that they are part of original Christianity?
They are too many to mention them all. Have you heard of nestorians and monophysites? You obviously need to do some reading - The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine might be a good start.
To my knowledge, that Jesus was divine--not a mere human--is possibly the least controversial of all theological questions within Christianity
The most controversial and divisive issue was the doctrine of the person of Jesus Christ - the god-man union - according to Pelikan (author of the above mentioned book).