Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session VI, On Justification, Canon VIII
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
On Justification, Canon VIII
ON JUSTIFICATION
CANON VIII.-If any one saith, that the fear of hell,-whereby, by grieving for our sins, we flee unto the mercy of God, or refrain from sinning,-is a sin, or makes sinners worse; 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 VI (Hanover Historical Texts Project)