Edward Cuthbert Butler (1858-1934) was an English Benedictine historian, and Abbot of Downside Abbey. He is known for his history of Vatican I,^[1] and his writing on mysticism.

Works

• The Lausiac History of Palladius (1898)
• Benedictine Monachism (1919)
• Western Mysticism: The Teaching of SS Augustine Gregory and Bernard on Contemplation and the Contemplative Life (1922)
• The Life & Times of Bishop Ullathorne (1806-1889) (1926)
• Religions of Authority and The Religion of the Spirit (1930) essays
• The Vatican Council. The Story Told From Inside in Bishop Ullathorne's Letters, two volumes (1930)
• Ways of Christian Life: Old Spirituality for Modern Men (1932)

Notes

1. ↑ Based on correspondence of William Bernard Ullathorne. Gertrude Himmelfarb describes this work (1930) as designed to support papal infallibility (cited on http://www.anthonyflood.com/actonhimmelfarb.htm).

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