![]() ![]() “The Imitation” became, and has remained, after the Bible, the most widely read and translated book in the world, and certainly the most influential of Christian devotional writings. Thus begins the great work known, loved, and venerated for six centuries as The Imitation of Christ ( De Imitatione Christi), first published in 1418 by the German-Dutch monk and scribe, Thomas Hemerken of Kempen, better known as Thomas à Kempis (1380 – 25 July 1471). To meditate on the life of Jesus should therefore be our chief study. These are the words of Christ, by which we are reminded that we must copy His life and conduct if we wish to be truly enlightened and to be delivered from all blindness of heart. “He that follows Me shall not walk in darkness,” says the Lord. ![]()
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