Thomas à Kempis
Canticles and Hymns
Written work
Canticles and Hymns
Cantica (Hymni)
Rhymed Latin hymns and poems for the liturgy and private devotion, some intended to help novices learn Latin; gathered in the editions of his complete works. They show a lyrical and liturgical side of his piety less well known than his treatises.
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Authorship note
Traditional attribution to Thomas, included in the editions of his works (Sommalius, 1600–1615; Pohl, 1902–1922).
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Thomas à Kempis
Thomae Hemerken a Kempis Opera omnia
The Conscious LibraryThomae Hemerken a Kempis Opera omnia
Herder (Friburgo de Brisgovia), 1902
Ed. crítica de M. J. Pohl, 7 vols., 1902–1922.
Other works by Thomas à Kempis
- The Imitation of Christ · 1441
- Imitation of Christ, Book I: Admonitions Useful for the Spiritual Life · 1424
- Imitation of Christ, Book II: Admonitions Drawing toward the Inner Life · 1427
- Imitation of Christ, Book III: On Inner Consolation · 1430
- Imitation of Christ, Book IV: On the Blessed Sacrament · 1430
- The Soliloquy of the Soul · 1435
- The Little Garden of Roses · 1440
- The Valley of Lilies · 1440
- Of the Three Tabernacles · 1440
- On the Discipline of Cloistered Religious · 1440
- Of the Faithful Steward · 1440
- Letter to a Cellarer · 1440
- Of True Compunction of Heart · 1440
- Little Book of Spiritual Exercise · 1440
- On the Elevation of the Mind · 1440
- Manual for the Young · 1440
- Manual for Little Ones · 1440
- Hospice of the Poor · 1440
- Consolation of the Poor and the Sick · 1440
- Little Alphabet of a Good Monk · 1440
- Sermons to the Novices Regular · 1440
- Sermons on the Life and Passion of Our Lord; A Meditation on the Incarnation · 1440
- Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ · 1440
- Dialogues of the Novices and Lives of the Founders · 1450
- Life of St Lidwina of Schiedam · 1448
- The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St Agnes · 1471
- Letters · 1450
Sources
- Pohl, Michael Joseph (ed.). Thomae Hemerken a Kempis Opera omnia. 7 vols. Friburgo de Brisgovia: Herder, 1902–1922.
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