Divine Trivia?

   I just love this little goodie. I've heard before about the Council of Nicea, held in AD 325. Many people have. I knew it primarily as the council at which the Nicene Creed was promulgated, setting out the main tenets of the Roman Catholic faith. I have used officially approved material to teach about this aspect of it to classes of students, and have listened to it described primarily as such at university lectures.
   Today, however, I found out something else about the council, something which I imagine is not nearly as well known, and which the church would be just as happy if no-one knew..
   It was at this council that the guardians of the early church decided BY VOTE that Jesus was indeed a god, and not merely a mortal prophet. Apparently, the vote was 218 for and 2 against. Don't you wonder why they had to take a vote on this? Where was the supposed divine guidance that the clergy are always mumbling about?
   By the way, there is no mention in the records of the Council of any lightning coming down from the heavens to strike the two who voted against.