Complete and unabridged 15th century text by Thomas à Kempis and translated by William Benham in 1886. This book is a classic for comfort and understanding of living the spiritual life of Christ in a physical world.
Complete and unabridged 15th century text by Thomas à Kempis and translated by William Benham in 1886. This book is a class...
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis is a Christian devotional book of profound importance. Written 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 perhaps the most widely read devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Other than the bible, no book has been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ. The text is divided into four books, which provide detailed spiritual instructions: "Helpful Counsels of the Spiritual Life,"...
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis is a Christian devotional book of profound importance. Written in Latin ca.1418-1427. It is a handbook for ...
Exerpt: Great, Lord my God, is the patience of thy servants. And this is the victory of those who overcome all adverse things in this world: for thou hast said: In your patience ye will possess your souls. Luke 21. Thou diversely triest us, and thou dost encompass us on all sides with tribulations, at one time from without, at another from within; thou searchest us now by open, and now by hidden temptations; so that nothing may be in us, that has not passed through the fire of temptation. Thou art willing to try us in all things, to strengthen us in many things, that being tried in all, and...
Exerpt: Great, Lord my God, is the patience of thy servants. And this is the victory of those who overcome all adverse things in this world: for thou ...
