Apostolic rite and polity left to the Church — under order and decency
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We also assert that what the Apostles instituted about rites of divine worship and circumstances of church government — where sacred Scripture is silent — was left to the Church's power.
She may change those things variously for times and places, under this general rule alone: that all things be done in order and decently in the Church of God (1 Cor. 14:40).
Latin
XXXIV. Praeterea quoque asserimus, ea, quae ab Apostolis instituta fuerunt circa ritus divini cultus, & Ecclesiastici regiminis circumstantias, & de quibus tamen Scripturae sacrae silent, esse potestati Ecclesiae permissa, ut ea, pro temporum & locorum ratione, varie immutare posset, sub hac tantum regula & cautione generali, ut omnia fiant ordine & decenter in Ecclesia Dei.