Edward Cuthbert Butler | |
|---|---|
| Abbot of Downside | |
.png) Butler in 1917 | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Installed | 1906 |
| Term ended | 1922 |
| Predecessor | Edward Ford |
| Successor | Leander Ramsay |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1884 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 May 1858 |
| Died | 2 April 1934 (aged 75) Ealing Priory, London, United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Education | Downside School |
Cuthbert Butler OSB (born Edward Joseph Aloysius Butler; 6 May 1858 – 2 April 1934)[1] was an Irish ecclesiastical historian much of whose career was spent as Benedictine of Downside Abbey in England. He was sometimes referred to as Dom Cuthbert Butler.[2][3]
Butler is known for The Vatican Council: The Story from Inside in Bishop Ullathorne's Letters.[citation needed] Described by Michael J. G. Pahls as "[t]he standard [English-language] account of the First Vatican Council",[4] the book is based on the correspondence of Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne of Birmingham.[5] Gertrude Himmelfarb describes The Vatican Council as designed to support papal infallibility.[6]
He also wrote on mysticism.
- ^ Knowles 1963, p. 265; Knowles 2003.
- ^ Hudleston 1909, p. 149.
- ^ Bellenger 2000, p. 231.
- ^ Pahls 2009, p. 195.
- ^ Butler 1930.
- ^ Himmelfarb 1952, p. 100.