Thomas à Kempis
Imitation of Christ, Book III: On Inner Consolation
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Imitation of Christ, Book III: On Inner Consolation
De interna consolatione (De imitatione Christi, liber III)
The longest and most personal book (fifty-nine chapters): a dialogue between Christ and the disciple on the truth that speaks within without noise of words, the wonderful effects of divine love, patience, inner freedom and the surrender of one's own will. The chapter on love ('love is a great thing') is one of the most read texts of Christian spirituality.
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Part of the Imitation.
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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 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
- Canticles and Hymns · 1450
- Letters · 1450
Sources
- Thomas a Kempis. De imitatione Christi, libros I–IV (texto latino). Wikisource en latín.
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