Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXIII, On The Sacrament Of Order., Canon VI
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On The Sacrament Of Order., Canon VI
ON THE SACRAMENT OF ORDER.
CANON VI.--If any one saith, that, in the Catholic Church there is not a hierarchy by divine ordination instituted, consisting of bishops, priests, and ministers; 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)