Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXIII, On The Sacrament Of Order., Canon I
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On The Sacrament Of Order., Canon I
ON THE SACRAMENT OF ORDER.
CANON I.--If any one saith, that there is not in the New Testament a visible and external priesthood; or that there is not any power of consecrating and offering the true body and blood of the Lord, and of forgiving and retaining sins; but only an office and bare ministry of preaching the Gospel, or, that those who do not preach are not priests at all; 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 XXIII (Hanover Historical Texts Project)