Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXIV, On The Sacrament Of Matrimony., Canon X
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On The Sacrament Of Matrimony., Canon X
ON THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY.
CANON X.-If any one saith, that the marriage state is to be placed above the state of virginity, or of celibacy, and that it is not better and more blessed to remain in virginity, or in celibacy, than to be united in matrimony; 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 XXIV (Hanover Historical Texts Project)