Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXI, On Communion Under Both Species, And On The Communion Of Infants, Canon IV
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On Communion Under Both Species, And On The Communion Of Infants, Canon IV
ON COMMUNION UNDER BOTH SPECIES, AND ON THE COMMUNION OF INFANTS
CANON IV.--If any one saith, that the communion of the Eucharist is necessary for little children, before they have arrived at years of discretion; 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 XXI (Hanover Historical Texts Project)