I also wonder. I wonder if there is a detailed record or these deliberations. Or if this decision were a close vote. And, we can also wonder what else this Council was up to... Some of these Councils were quite restrictive at times - even absurd - in their rulings.

By the time of this Edict, the Gospel had rapidly spread to far-away places. Surely it was not taken seriously in every village and hamlet. By this time, Catholicism was well in place. Obviously they had their own ideas as to what was best for everyone everywhere. 

What's for sure is that human beings like to take authority over others. Whether it is one person in a marriage or the world's largest country threatening to take over Taiwan, as we witnessed just a few days ago.

Both Jesus and Paul are exemplary when it came to giving up their rights in the service of others.