Reference Work — Council of Trent (1545–1563)
The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
First published 1563. Translated by Rev. J. Waterworth (1848). English translation by the Rev. James Waterworth (London: Dolman, 1848), the standard Catholic English text of the Council's decrees.
The dogmatic and reform decrees of the Council of Trent, session by session, with every canon and chapter addressable — cited by the manuals as Trid. sess. 14, can. 7.
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- Session I (13 December 1545): Decree touching the Opening of the Council
- Session II (7 January 1546): Decree touching the Manner of Living, and Other Matters to be Observed, During the Council
- Session III (4 February 1546): Decree touching the Symbol of Faith
- Session IV (8 April 1546): Decree concerning the Canonical Scriptures; Decree concerning the Edition, and the Use, of the Sacred Books
- Session V (17 June 1546): Decree concerning Original Sin; Decree on Reformation
- Session VI (13 January 1547): Decree on Justification; Decree on Reformation
- Session VII (3 March 1547): Decree on the Sacraments; Decree on Reformation
- Session VIII (11 March 1547): Decree concerning the Translation of the Council
- Session IX (21 April 1547): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session X (2 June 1547): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session XI (1 May 1551): Decree for Resuming the Council
- Session XII (1 September 1551)
- Session XIII (11 October 1551): Decree concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist; Decree on Reformation; etc.
- Session XIV (25 November 1551): On the Most Holy Sacraments of Penance and Extreme Unction; Decree on Reformation
- Session XV (25 January 1552): Decree for Proroguing the Session
- Session XVI (28 April 1552): Decree for the Suspension of the Council
- Session XVII (18 January 1562): Decree for Celebrating the Council
- Session XVIII (26 February 1562): Decree on the Choice of Books; and for Inviting all Men on the Public Faith to the Council
- Session XIX (14 May 1562): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session XX (4 June 1562): Decree for the Prorogation of the Session
- Session XXI (16 July 1562): Decree on Communion under both Species, and the Communion of Infants; Decree on Reformation
- Session XXII (17 September 1562): Doctrine on the Sacrifice of the Mass; Decree concerning the Things to be Observed, and to be Avoided, in the Celebration of Mass; etc.
- Session XXIII (15 July 1563): Doctrine on the Sacrament of Order; Decree on Reformation
- Session XXIV (11 November 1563): Doctrine on the Sacrament of Matrimony; Decree on the Reformation of Marriage; Decree on Reformation
- Session XXV (3–4 December 1563): Decree concerning Purgatory; On the Invocation, Veneration, and Relics, of Saints, and on Sacred Images; On Regulars and Nuns; etc.