Council of Trent
Council of Trent: Session VII, Reformation, Chapter XII
Waterworth (1848), Hanover transcription; separate papal documents excluded
Reformation, Chapter XII
CHAPTER XII. Faculties for not being promoted shall not exceed a year.
Faculties granted for not being promoted (to orders) shall avail for a year only, except in the cases by law provided.
Translation: J. Waterworth, The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent (1848), Hanover Historical Texts Project transcription (1995).
Source: Council of Trent: Session VII (Hanover Historical Texts Project)