The decision of the council had been sent to Quiricus, metropolitan of Toledo, who died before it reached him, and ended up in the hands of his successor Julian.
The response of the Spanish bishops to Pope Benedict II's letter was not to the pope's liking, especially the phrase voluntas genuit voluntatem, meaning "will engendered will".
It has been theorised by some that a schism with the church of Rome was imminent, but diverted by political events in both Spain and Italy, such as the Moorish invasion of 711.
Egica, besides the affirmation of Julian's theology, had a second reason to call the council.
Egica claimed that, on account of Erwig's injustices, he could not protect his children if he wanted to do justice to the people.