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Find the path to following Christ in one of the most treasured devotional books of all time. Encouraging the renunciation of worldly vanities and vices, Thomas Kempis shows us how to lead a disciplined and simple spiritual life modeled on the teachings of Jesus. This beautifully... Read Full Overview

The Imitation of Christ, a deeply spiritual book by Thomas ? Kempis, is the one book second only to the Bible in popularity among Catholics. Throughout this book, readers will find themselves experiencing the peace and wisdom that have comforted believers from all corners... Read Full Overview

The spiritual classic by ? Kempis, the second most widely read spiritual book after the Bible, has had an astonishing impact on the spiritual lives of countless saints, peasants, and popes for centuries. Even today, the soul-searching words of the fifteenth-century cleric... Read Full Overview

The Imitation of Christ (Latin: De Imitatione Christi) by Thomas ? Kempis is a Christian devotional book. It was first composed in Latin ca. 1418-1427. It is a handbook for spiritual life arising from the Devotio Moderna movement, of which Kempis was a member. The Imitation is... Read Full Overview

Written by the pious monk Thomas Kempis, this timeless masterpiece offers wisdom and hope by providing precepts we can use to draw nearer to God and learn how best to grow in holiness through obedience and love. In the realm of Christian devotional literature, this religious... Read Full Overview

Tom s de Kempis (1380 -1471) fue un fraile cat lico renacentista del siglo XV, autor de la Imitaci n de Cristo, una de las obras de devoci n cristiana m s conocida desde entonces, redactada para la vida espiritual de los monjes y frailes, que ha tenido una amplia difusi n entre... Read Full Overview

Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imitation of Christ. This meditation on the spiritual life has inspired readers from Thomas More and St. Ignatius Loyola to Thomas Merton and Pope John Paul II. Written by the... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Imitaci?n de Cristo, un libro profundamente espiritual de Thomas ? Kempis, es, entre los cat?licos, segundo en popularidad s?lo a la Biblia. Desde el principio hasta el fin, los lectores experimentar?n la paz y la sabidur?a que han consolado a los creyentes de todos... Read Full Overview

One of the best-loved spiritual classics of all time is now more accessible than ever. While many contemporary readers seek the richness of classical spirituality, some find the language and thought patterns of The Imitation of Christ distant and difficult to understand... Read Full Overview

The Imitation of Christ is a Christian devotional text divided into four books, which provide detailed spiritual instructions: "Helpful Counsels of the Spiritual Life," "Directives for the Interior Life," "On Interior Consolation," and "On the Blessed Sacrament." The books... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Thomas Kempis, C.R.S.A. (Thomas van Kempen or Thomas Hemerken or Haemerken, litt. "Hammerkin" (small hammer); c. 1380 - 25 July 1471) was a Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian... Read Full Overview

Published in over 6,000 editions before the year 1900, The Imitation of Christ has been more widely read than any other book in human history except the Bible itself. It has been called "the most influential work in Christian literature," "a landmark in the history... Read Full Overview