Condé Benoist Pallen

thumb|Condé Benoist Pallen Condé Benoist Pallen (December 5, 1858 – May 26, 1929) was an American Catholic editor, poet, and author. He edited the Catholic periodicals Church Progress and The Catholic World between 1887 and 1897 and later served as Catholic revisory editor for general encyclopedias including the Encyclopedia Americana and the New International Encyclopedia. From 1905 he was managing editor of The Catholic Encyclopedia and president of Encyclopedia Press, taking a leading role in the production of what became a standard English-language reference work on Catholic doctrine and history. As an author he published essays, literary criticism, poetry, and fiction, including the anti-socialist dystopian novel Crucible Island: A Romance, an Adventure and an Experiment (1919). Quotes When declaring the infallibility of the pope, the Vatican Council did not have in mind a situation in which, his papal prerogative acknowledged, the faithful might have a wider field of thought and action in religious matters; rather the infallibility was declared in order to provide against the special evils of our times, of license which is confounded with liberty, and the habit of thinking, saying, and printing everything regardless of truth. It was not intended to hamper real serious study or research, or to conflict with any well-ascertained truth, but only to use the authority and wisdom of the Church more effectually in protecting men against error. Testem Benevolentiae (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia External links Category:1858 births Category:People from St. Louis Category:Catholics from the United States Category:Georgetown University alumni Category:1929 deaths Category:Editors from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:Essayists from the United States Category:Literary critics Category:Novelists from the United States Category:Journalists from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Lexicographers