Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XIV, On The Most Holy Sacrament Of Penance, Canon I
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On The Most Holy Sacrament Of Penance, Canon I
ON THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
CANON I.--If any one saith, that in the Catholic Church Penance is not truly and properly a sacrament, instituted by Christ our Lord for reconciling the faithful unto God, as often as they fall into sin after baptism; let him be anathema.
Translation: J. Waterworth, The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent (1848), Hanover Historical Texts Project transcription (1995).
Source: Council of Trent: Session XIV (Hanover Historical Texts Project)