The canons and decrees of the Council of Trent celebrated under Paul III, Julius III, and Pius IV, Bishops of Rome / faithfully translated into English.

CHAP. IV.

SEeing it is convenient that holy Things be done in a holy manner, and this of all Sacrifices is the most Holy, the Catholick Church, that it might be reverently offer'd and received, hath instituted an holy Canon many Ages since, so free from all Error, that nothing is contain'd in it, which does not very much rellish ••f Sanctity and Piety, and erects the minds of such as offer to God: For it does consist of the very words of our Lord, the Tradition of the Apostles, and the pious Institutions of holy Popes.