Cuthbert Butler
Encyclopedia
Edward Cuthbert Butler was an English Benedictine
historian, and Abbot of Downside Abbey
. He is known for his history of Vatican I, and his writing on mysticism
.
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
historian, and Abbot of Downside Abbey
Downside Abbey
The Basilica of St Gregory the Great at Downside, commonly known as Downside Abbey, is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery and the Senior House of the English Benedictine Congregation. One of its main apostolates is a school for children aged nine to eighteen...
. He is known for his history of Vatican I, and his writing on mysticism
Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
.
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)