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Catholic Encyclopedia
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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The need of a Catholic Encyclopedia in English was manifest for many years, emphasized by the fact that subjects of interest to Catholics were either ignored or erroneously treated in other encyclopedias. For two years before the formation of a Board of Editors, those who were later to compose it met to confer with its publishers, and on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, 1905, they decided to publish an "international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church." The editors were Charles G. Herbermann, A.M., Litt.D., Ph.D., LL.D., K.S.G., Edward A. Pace, D.D., Ph.D., Conde B. Pallen, Ph.D., LL.D., Thomas J. Shahan, D.D., and John J. Wynne, S.J., S.T.D:; the publishers, the Robert Appleton Company (name changed in 1914 to the Encyclopedia Press). The former had long been engaged in editorial work; familiar with the educational field and the needs of Catholic literature, they adopted the principle that each article should be prepared by the ablest available author, and a corps of 1,500 writers was marshalled for this purpose. Offices were opened at 1Union Square, New York City. Actual work was begun January, 1905, and completed April, 1914. Soon after the cessation of the World War, work was begun on The New Catholic Dictionary, and on a general encyclopedia, under Catholic auspices, entitled Universal Knowledge.
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Entry for 'Catholic Encyclopedia'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/catholic-encyclopedia.html. 1910.
