Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXI, Proem
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
Proem
DECREE ON REFORMATION
Proem.
The same sacred and holy, oecumenical and general Synod of Trent,--lawfully assembled in the Holy Ghost, the same Legates of the Apostolic See presiding therein,-has thought fit that, to the praise of Almighty God, and the adornment of holy Church, the things which follow be ordained at present, touching the business of Reformation.
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)