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- 27 May 1978 (Creation)
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2 sides; typescript; headed
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1980: writing to Bishop Clark
Basil Butler was a convert to Roman Catholicism from Church of England.
He was a Roman Catholic priest, the 7th Abbot of Downside Abbey, one-time 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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pre-2018: ADW
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RCDEA Archive
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Interested to hear how Dick Stewart disagrees with Bishop Butlers statements and what Bishop Clark feels he needs to forgive Bishop Butler for. Suspects that he was "'rocking the boat' - the unforgivable sin." Hopes Dick [Stewart] will do good in Rome. Suspects that Leslie Brown thinks Bishop Butler has broken with "Cabinet Solidarity" - "What I really think is that many people do not like my implied ecclesiology. I'm sorry they don't like it, because I am sure it is true!!"
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EABC
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210x198mm
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- Stewart, Richard L Rev (Subject)
- Clark, Alan Charles Rev DD (1919-2002) (Subject)