[boatbums]

Wrong. The early Councils were only convened in response to a crisis in the Church. Or crises. Nicea defined early Christianity, which was, shall we say, extremely variant at that point. One of them was Christology - hence the Nicene Creed.

The Councils were convened because of heretics that were trying to infiltrate the true faith. This was just as they were warned about wolves among the sheep and damnable heresies that would creep in. They were prepared because they had the teachings of the Apostles backed up by the Holy Scriptures and the presence of the Holy Spirit within them.

[MarkBsnr]

The Councils were convened because of heretics that were trying to infiltrate the true faith. This was just as they were warned about wolves among the sheep and damnable heresies that would creep in. They were prepared because they had the teachings of the Apostles backed up by the Holy Scriptures and the presence of the Holy Spirit within them.

Applause. You are correct, if you include the addition of the Tradition of the Church to that point.