The Imitation of Christ

Thomas à Kempis's fifteenth-century manual of the inner life — for five hundred years the most widely read Christian devotional book after Scripture itself.

The most-read devotional book after the Bible

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Of the Imitation of Christ, and of Contempt of the World and all its Vanities
Of Thinking Humbly of Oneself
Of the Knowledge of Truth
Of Prudence in Action
Of the Reading of Holy Scripture
Of Inordinate Affections
Of Fleeing from Vain Hope and Pride
Of the Danger of too Much Familiarity
Of Obedience and Subjection
Of the Danger of Superfluity of Words
Of Seeking Peace of Mind, and of Spiritual Progress
Of the Uses of Adversity
Of Resisting Temptation
On Avoiding Rash Judgment
Of Works of Charity
Of Bearing with the Faults of Others
Of a Religious Life
Of the Example of the Holy Fathers
Of the Exercises of a Religious Man
Of the Love of Solitude and Silence
Of Compunction of Heart
On the Contemplation of Human Misery
Of Meditation Upon Death
Of the Judgment and Punishment of the Wicked
Of the Zealous Amendment of our Whole Life
Of the Inward Life
Of Lowly Submission
Of the Good, Peaceable Man
Of a Pure Mind and Simple Intention
Of Self-Esteem

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