![]() ![]() You may also be interested in other Classic Writings or Devotionals available from Accordance. Book 4: An Invitation to Holy Communion.Book 1: Thoughts Helpful in the Life of the Soul. ![]() The text is divided into four books, which provide detailed spiritual instructions: The Imitation of Christ is perhaps the most widely read devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic Apart from the Bible, no book has been translated into more languages. That Thomas Hemerken of Kempen, or Thomas à Kempis as he is now known, later translated a composite of their writings, essentially a spiritual diary, from the original Netherlandish into Latin is generally admitted by scholars.” “Theories most popular at the moment ascribe the Imitation to two or three men, members of the Brethren of the Common Life, an association of priests organized in the Netherlands in the latter half of the fourteenth century. It is a handbook for spiritual life arising from the Devotio Moderna movement, where Kempis was a member. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis is a Christian devotional book first composed in Latin about 1427. A wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver. ![]()
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