Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXIII, On The Sacrament Of Order., Canon VIII
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On The Sacrament Of Order., Canon VIII
ON THE SACRAMENT OF ORDER.
CANON VIII.--If any one saith, that the bishops, who are assumed by authority of the Roman Pontiff, are not legitimate and true bishops, but are a human figment; 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)