Butler, B. C.

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Name (Latin)
Butler, B. C.
Other forms of name
Butler, Basil Christopher
Butler, Christopher, 1902-
Date of birth
1902-05-07
Date of death
1986-09-20
Occupation
Clergy
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1902
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 69741691
Wikidata: Q2039893
Library of congress: n 50033294
Sources of Information
  • His The originality of St. Matthew, 1951.
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Wikipedia description:

Christopher Butler (7 May 1902 – 20 September 1986), born Basil Butler, was a convert from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church, a Bishop, a scholar, and a Benedictine Monk. After his Solemn Profession as a Monk and his Ordination as a Roman Catholic priest, he became the 7th Abbot of Downside Abbey, the Abbot President of the English Benedictine Congregation, an auxiliary bishop of Westminster, an internationally respected scripture scholar, a consistent defender of the priority of the Gospel according to Matthew, and the pre-eminent English-speaking Council Father at the Second Vatican Council (1962–65).

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