The earliest positive legislation on the subject seems to be contained in the letter of the bishops assembled at Tours in 567 and the [canons] of the Council of Macon in 585. ” ​ — The Catholic Encyclopedia.
तेव्हा जुन्या नियमशास्त्रातल्या दशमांश देण्याच्या पद्धतीचे अनुसरण करण्यात आले...