Download or read book The Canons and Decrees of the Sacred and Oecumenical Council of Trent written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Council of Trent was, perhaps, the most important of the modern General Councils of the Roman Catholic Church. This Council was authorized by the Pope Paul III and opened in the Austrian city of Trent, December 13, 1545. It lasted, with interruptions, until December 4, 1563. The Canons and Decrees of this Council are the church's own authorized confession of its faith and its discipline. The present edition of the above Canons and Decrees contained in this work is a verbatim reprint of the London edition of 1848 by the Roman Catholic Bishop J. Waterworth, without notes, additions or omissions of any kind. - Preface.