TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,à Kempis AU - Benham,William TI - The Imitation of Christ AV - BV PY - 1999/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Catholic Church -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800 KW - Spiritual life -- Catholic Church -- Early works to 1800 KW - Meditations -- Early works to 1800 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_of_Christ; Translation of Imitatio Christi; Release date is 1999-02-01; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas à Kempis is a Christian devotional book composed between 1418-1427. Divided into four books of spiritual instruction, this medieval text guides readers toward interior spiritual life and withdrawal from worldly concerns. Emphasizing devotion to the Eucharist and practices from the Devotio Moderna movement, it offers detailed counsels on living a contemplative Christian life. After the Bible, it became the most widely read devotional work in Christianity, with over 745 editions printed before 1650. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1653 ER -