The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à 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 perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible,and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time.
Contents
RELIGION
APOCRYPHA
ST. AUGUSTINE
City of God
RICHARD BAXTER
Saints' Everlasting Rest
BOOK OF THE DEAD
BOOKS OF BRAHMANISM
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
Religio Medici
JOHN CALVIN
Institution of the Christian Religion
S.T. COLERIDGE
Aids to Reflection
CONFUCIANISM
FÉNELON
Existence of God
GALILEO GALILEI
Authority of Scripture
G.W.F. HEGEL
Philosophy of Religion
BOOKS OF HINDUISM
THOMAS À KEMPIS
Imitation of Christ
KORAN
CARDINAL NEWMAN
Apologia pro Vitâ Sua
THOMAS PAINE
Age of Reason
BLAISE PASCAL
Letters to a Provincial
WILLIAM PENN
Some Fruits of Solitude
ERNEST RENAN
Life of Jesus
EMANUEL SWEDENBORG
Heaven and Hell
TALMUD
ZOROASTRIANISM
PHILOSOPHY
ARISTOTLE
Ethics
MARCUS AURELIUS
Discourses with Himself
FRANCIS BACON
Advancement of Learning
GEORGE BERKELEY
Principles of Human Knowledge
DESCARTES
Discourse on Method
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Nature
EPICTETUS
Discourses and Encheiridion
