Charles Anselm Bolton was for many years a priest

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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, being the Priest of Salford Diocese in 1950. His education was continental, encompassing an Master's Degree

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 from Oxford University, following a Bachelor's Degree

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 from Belgium

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's Louvain

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, and with theological diplomas from the Institut Catholique de Paris

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 and from Rome's Collegio S. Anselmo. He later followed Friedrich Heiler

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 and others in preaching Reformation

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 doctrines, and became a professor of modern languages at Houghton College

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, New York

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Bolton authored numerous books and articles, mostly relating to the history of the Roman Catholic Church.

Writings

• A Catholic memorial of Lord Halifax and Cardinal Mercier. 1935.
• Salford Diocese and its Catholic past: a survey. 1950.
• "Beyond the Ecumenical: Pan-deism?" in Christianity Today, 1963, page 21.
• Church reform in 18th century Italy: (The synod of Pistoia
  Pistoia
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  , 1786). 1969.