Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXII, On The Sacrifice Of The Mass., Canon V
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On The Sacrifice Of The Mass., Canon V
ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS.
CANON V.--If any one saith, that it is an imposture to celebrate masses in honour of the saints, and for obtaining their intercession with God, as the Church intends; 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 XXII (Hanover Historical Texts Project)