The Imitation of Christ (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Imitation of Christ Thomas A. Kempis was born c. 1380, at Kempen, a village situated in the Rhineland. His surname was Hemerken, or ´Little Hammer,´ translated into the word Malleolus by his Latin biographers. His parents were of low condition; they were highly respected for their piety. When he attained his sixth year, he was placed in one of the houses belonging to the Society of Brothers and Sisters of Common Life. It is remarkable that, in one of the schools of this society, Erasmus received his first rudiments of learning. The school in which Thomas a Kempis entered himself, was in the town of Deventer, in West-Friesland, where Florentius, the immediate successor of Gerard de Groote, the founder of the society, was vicar of the principal church. When he attained his nineteenth year, Thomas a Kempis determined on entering into the Order of Saint Augustine. Tradition deduces that order from the celebrated doctor of the Church of that name. Till the eleventh century, the monks of Saint Augustine seem to have been little more than a voluntary association of ecclesiastics: about that time they were fixed in a permanent order. They exercised a variety of ecclesiastical functions, and their public schools for instruction of youth were particularly esteemed. Florentius encouraged Thomas a Kempis in his resolution to enter among them. He continued a novice during five years. From the time of his profession till his decease, a period of sixty-six years, Thomas a Kempis remained in the monastery of Zwolle, and in the continual practice of every virtue of his state. He was successively promoted to the office of Bursar, Master of Novices, and Sub-prior. By degrees, his reputation for virtue and piety got abroad. Many persons in the neighbourhood of the monastery wished to place themselves under his spiritual direction; and numbers sought his pious and edifying conversation. But he avoided their visits, as much as it was in his power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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