Bonifas

Bonifas (Lacondamine), Ernest, a French Protestant theologian, was born Oct. 21, 1826. Having prepared himself for the ministry in his native country, he spent two years in Germany, and after his return was ordained, in 1854, at Nerac, and took charge of the parish at Salies-du-Barn. In 1856 he was elected to the Hebrew professorship at Montauban, made vacant by the death of his father, and in his inaugural address combated rationalistic criticism and exclusive dogmatism. He died Dec. 19, 1859. Besides his Discours d'Installation, he published a volume of Homilies et Sermons. See Lichtenberger, Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B. P.)