in order to obtain ecclesiastical conformity, on 8 december 633, sisenand convoked the iv council of toledo, which drew up civil and ecclesiastical laws within the visigothic kingdom, including the death penalty, excommunication, and condemnation to perpetual perdition for those rebelling against the king. similar penalties were approved for those who wished to dispense with such law of choice. however, the council did not concede any hereditary right to the king; the next king would be elected by the bishops and magnates from one of their own.