I was pretty sure that most Christian sects were at least insistent on [monotheism].
In the early 90s, Chaosium did a game called Credo, after the opening of the Nicene Creed ("Credo" = "I believe"). The game came before the current glut of card- and board-games, and it shows; the cards weren't even printed on real cardstock, and everything is in monochrome except for two other colors (I think) on the cover, which was an amusing Gahan Wilson illo.
In the game, the players randomly draw elements of their faction's belief system, and also draw to see how many people follow them. There's an event deck and a number of options for actions, but your goal is to get as many elements of your creed into the Nicene Creed as possible. The events are drawn from actual events reported during the Nicene Councils (which met over a period of 300+ years, so there's plenty of time to draw upon) and the elements of the factions' creeds are drawn from actual beliefs promulgated by the rival Christian factions of the time. It really impresses you what a crapshoot the Nicene Creed ended up being.
All this being a long-winded way to say you might be surprised how little monotheism had to do with some Christian sects.
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In the early 90s, Chaosium did a game called Credo, after the opening of the Nicene Creed ("Credo" = "I believe"). The game came before the current glut of card- and board-games, and it shows; the cards weren't even printed on real cardstock, and everything is in monochrome except for two other colors (I think) on the cover, which was an amusing Gahan Wilson illo.
In the game, the players randomly draw elements of their faction's belief system, and also draw to see how many people follow them. There's an event deck and a number of options for actions, but your goal is to get as many elements of your creed into the Nicene Creed as possible. The events are drawn from actual events reported during the Nicene Councils (which met over a period of 300+ years, so there's plenty of time to draw upon) and the elements of the factions' creeds are drawn from actual beliefs promulgated by the rival Christian factions of the time. It really impresses you what a crapshoot the Nicene Creed ended up being.
All this being a long-winded way to say you might be surprised how little monotheism had to do with some Christian sects.