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With the exception of the Bible, no Christian writing has had so wide a vogue or so sustained a popularity as this. And yet, in one sense, it is hardly an original work at all. Its structure it owes largely to the writings of the medieval mystics, and its ideas and phrases are a mosaic from the Bible and the Fathers of the early Church. But these elements are interwoven with such delicate skill and a religious feeling at once so ardent and so ...

This classic and treasured edition, aptly entitled My Imitation of Christ, is crafted specifically for the busy person in the modern world. If you wish to be in the world, but not of the world, there is no better edition of this timeless classic than My Imitation of Christ.

Thomas Kempis presents timeless truths about growing in Christlikeness and serving God with one's whole heart and life.

In Verborgen manna biedt Thomas a Kempis op zijn bekende en indringende wijze in een achttal minder bekende teksten en brieven ons geestelijk voedsel ter verrijking van het innerlijke leven. Over de rijkdom van armoede, een pleidooi voor een sober leven. Met een inleiding van Désanne van Brederode.

Excerpt from The Founders of the New Devotion: Being the Lives of Gerard Groote, Florentius Radewin and Their Followers An introductory chapter has been added, giving a brief and imperfect résumé of the conditions under which Groote and his followers lived, to gether with certain notes dealing with matters to which the text refers. My cordial thanks are due to several friends who have assisted me, especially to the Rev. S. H. Gem, for many v...

Excerpt from St. Lydwine of Schiedam Virgin It is indeed a wonderful existence to which we are here introduced: on the one hand unexampled physical suffering, wholly unrelieved by natural remedies, wholly unsupported by natural nourish ment, and on the other supernatural visitations as unmeasured only as the pains of the poor, tortured, worn-out frame. 80 marvellous an existence may well excuse a certain amount of pre vious scepticism, and ce...

Excerpt from Meditations on the Life of Christ About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection ...

The Imitation of Christ from Catholic Book Publishing, is a beautiful new edition of the original, deeply, spiritual book by Thomas a Kempis. In this revised, easy-to-read, prayer book size book, readers will, experience the peace and wisdom that has comforted, Catholics from around the world. The Imitation of, Christ shows how to better live the life of a Christian, by closely following Christ's example. This lovely, brown imitation leather b...

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Excerpt from The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount: St. AgnesThe place used to be called in the vulgar tongue Mount Nemel and lieth not far from Zwolle, but one may traverse the distance in the Space of an hour. Now there were in the State of Zwolle certain faithful men who had been turned wholly to God by Master Gerard Groote. These men had builded them an house, in a suburb belonging to the city, near an ancient Convent of Béguines, a...

Excerpt from The Imitation of Christ: In Four BooksHere are the French and English ¿ying at one another's throats, fighting the senseless Hundred Years' war. In Central Europe, Bohemia is in wild revolt to avenge the death of Huss and Jerome of Prague. The Western Church is torn by schism. One Pope is at Rome, another at Ravenna, another in France, and each one is denouncing his brothers as Antichrists while, in the East, Constantinople is onl...

Excerpt from The Little Garden of Roses, and Valley of Lilies It is a matter for wonder, that so few of the works of the B. Thomas a Kempis are known to the English reader, and this the more, that they all breathe the same meek and warm spirit of piety and devotion we meet with in that golden book attributed so popularly to his name, and this moreover to such an extent, that it is difficult to believe that there should ever have been any hard...

Excerpt from Sermons to the Novices Regular For many years the Venerable Thomas a Kempis had charge of the young Religious at Mount St. Agnes. The office of training the Novices was with the Windesheimers usually attached to the sub-priorship, at least in the early days of the Congregation, and a Novice-Master, as such, was not appointed. Twice Thomas was elected Sub-Prior of the Monastery on the Mount. We find him named as holding that post ...

Excerpt from Of the Imitation of Christ: Four BooksIX. That all things are to be referred unto God, as their last end X. That to despise the world and serve God, is a sweet life XI. That the longings and desires of our.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art ...

Excerpt from Of the Imitation of Christ I. With how great reverence Christ is to be received II. That the great goodness and love of God is shown to man in this Sacrament III. That it is profitable to communicate often. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-t...

Excerpt from Life of Christ The words contested by none are perhaps stronger than one would nowadays care to use, but the matter is one which cannot be fitly dis cussed in a short introduction like the present. Those who are curious about it will find it ex haustively treated by Dr. M. J. Pohl, in an essay 1 published in 1895, and at pages 385 to 397 of his edition of the text. I shall here take the question of authorship for granted, and sh...

Excerpt from The Christian Traveller: Or a Sure Guide to Salvation, Being a Series of Devout Treatises Thomas, commonly called "à Kempis, " was born about the year of Christ, 1380, at Kempen, a little town in the territory of Cologn, upon the confines between the duchies of Cleves and Juliers, to the former of which it is said to have anciently belonged. His parents were of the meaner sort, but are recorded to have been persons of great piety...

One of the best-loved books of Christianity after the Bible, now in a new translation A passionate celebration of God and his love, mercy, and holiness, The Imitation of Christ has inspired conversion and stimulated religious devotion for more than five hundred years. With great personal conviction, the medieval monk Thomas à Kempis demonstrates the individual's reliance on God and on the words of Christ, and the futility of life without faith...