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Thomas à Kempis - Encyclopedia Britannica

Thomas à Kempis (born 1379/80, Kempen, near Düsseldorf, Rhineland [Germany]—died August 8, 1471, Agnietenberg, near Zwolle, Bishopric of Utrecht [now in the Netherlands]) was a …

Thomas à Kempis - The Imitation of Christ

About Thomas à Kempis (1913 Biography) Author of the “Imitation of Christ“, born at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, in 1379 or 1380; died 25 July, 1471. His parents, John and Gertrude Haemerken, were of the artisan class; it is said …

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST - Catholic Planet

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 …

The Imitation of Christ - Wikipedia

Kempis writes that a false sense of freedom and overconfidence are obstacles for spiritual life. Kempis writes that "Grace will always be given to the truly grateful, and what is given to the humble is taken away from the proud" (Chap. 10). …

Thomas a Kempis | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia

Thomas a Kempis , author of the “Imitation of Christ“, b. at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, in 1379 or 1380; d.July 25, 1471. His parents, John and Gertrude Haemerken, were of the artisan class; it is said that Gertrude kept …

Thomas À Kempis： The Imitation Of Christ (1400)

The Imitation of Christ is a Christian devotional book by Thomas à Kempis, first composed in Latin (as De Imitatione Christi) ca. 1418–1427. It is a handbook for spiritual life arising from the Devotio Moderna movement, of …

The Book - The Imitation of Christ

The full Thomas à Kempis text comprised four books, the first three of which make up our special edition, translated from the original Latin by Bishop Richard Challoner (who also revised the Douay-Rheims Bible in the 1740s). Together …

The Imitation of Christ - Project Gutenberg

The most probable author, however, especially when the internal evidence is considered, is Thomas Haemmerlein, known also as Thomas à Kempis, from his native town …

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis - Catholic Archive

By Thomas à Kempis Book One: In the Life of the Soul. Chapter 1: Imitating Christ and Despising All Vanities on Earth; Chapter 2: Having a Humble Opinion of Self; Chapter 3: The Doctrine of …

TOP 25 QUOTES BY THOMAS A KEMPIS (of 311) | A-Z Quotes

Thomas (à Kempis), Thomas A. Kempis, Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (2003). “The Imitation of Christ”, p.4, Courier Corporation 9 Copy quote. Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you …

The Imitation Of Christ: à Kempis, Thomas, Benham, Rev. William ...

St Therese was clearly greatly inspired by Kempis' work, and lived her life based on the teachings of this book. At superficial level, one might have the idea that the teachings in …

Thomas A Kempis - Encyclopedia.com

THOMAS À KEMPIS. Spiritual writer; b. Kempen, near D ü sseldorf, the Rhineland, 1379 or 1380; d. Zwolle, the Netherlands, Aug. 8, 1471. À Kempis was the younger …

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis - Amazon.ca

Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a German-Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ , published anonymously in Latin in …

The Anglican Library - Thomas a Kempis

Thomas á Kempis(1380-1471) One of the leading Christian mystics of the late middle ages, Thomas á Kempis was born in Kempen (hence the origin of his appelation "á Kempis"), near …

Thomas à Kempis - Christianity Today

They were talking about Thomas à Kempis's The Imitation of Christ, the devotional classic that has been translated into over 50 languages, in editions too numerous for scholars …

Thomas a Kempis - Wikipedia

Thomas a Kempis (eigenlijk Thomas van Kempen of Thomas Hemerken of Haemerken, letterlijk "hamertje"; Kempen in Keur-Keulen, ca. 1380 – Zwolle, 1 mei 1471) was een middeleeuws …

Thomas à Kempis Quotes (Author of The Imitation of Christ)

475 quotes from Thomas à Kempis: 'In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro. (Everywhere I have sought peace and not found it, except in a corner with a …

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis | Goodreads

Reading Kempis' guide to communion preparation reminds the spirit of what a contrite posture feels like, and helps one bend into that impossible pose. Overall, this is not a …

Tommaso da Kempis - Wikipedia

Tommaso da Kempis (nato Thomas Hemerken; Kempen, 1380 circa – Zwolle, 25 luglio 1471) è stato un monaco cristiano, mistico e biografo tedesco, noto soprattutto per essere il presunto …

Thomas a Kempis | EWTN

Catholic Encyclopedia: Thomas a Kempis Author of the "Imitation of Christ, born at Kempen in the Diocese of Cologne, in 1379 or 1380; died 25 July, 1471. His parents, John and Gertrude …