The bishops noted that some Gallo-Roman customs of ancestor worship were still being observed. Canon XXII decreed that anyone known to be participating in these practices was barred from receiving communion and not allowed to enter a church. The bishops of the Kingdom of Paris were particularly concerned about the Merovingian practice of seizing ecclesiastical properties in outlying areas in order to fund their internecine wars.
The clergy pointed out that some Gallo-Roman customs of veneration of ancestors were still being practiced. Canon XXII decreed that anyone recognized to be involved in these rituals was excluded from receiving communion and forbidden from entering a church. The bishops of the Kingdom of Paris were especially worried about the Merovingian custom of seizing ecclesiastical properties in distant regions to finance their internal conflicts.