Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session XXIV, On The Sacrament Of Matrimony., Canon VIII
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On The Sacrament Of Matrimony., Canon VIII
ON THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY.
CANON VIII.-If any one saith, that the Church errs, in that she declares that, for many causes, a separation may take place between husband and wife, in regard of bed, or in regard of cohabitation, for a determinate or for an indeterminate period; 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)