The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas Kempis, is a Christian devotional book first composed in Medieval Latin as De Imitatione Christi (c. 1418-1427). The devotional text is divided into four books of detailed spiritual instructions: (i) "Helpful Counsels of the Spiritual Life", (ii) "Directives for the Interior Life", (iii) "On Interior Consolation", and (iv) "On the Blessed Sacrament". The devotional approach of The Imitation of Christ emphasises...