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loss of comfort, and for taking up the Cross." Kempis writes that if we have a clear conscience, God will defend us, and whomever God chooses to help no man's malice can harm. Kempis writes that when a man humbles himself, "God protects and defends him...God favors the humble man... and after he has been brought low raises him up to glory" (Chap. 2). Kempis stresses the importance of a good conscience—"The man whose conscience is pure easily finds peace and contentment... Men only see your face, but it is God who sees your heart. Men judge according to external deeds, but only God can weigh the motives behind them" (Chap. 6). Kempis writes we must place our faith in Jesus rather than in men and "...Do not trust nor lean on a reed that is shaken ...All flesh is grass, and all its glory shall fade like the flower in the field" (Chap. 7). Kempis writes that a false sense of freedom and overconfidence are obstacles for spiritual life. Kempis writes that "Grace will always be given to the truly grateful, and what is given to the humble is taken away from the proud" (Chap. 10).
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renunciation of yourself unites you to God." Jesus gives his important teaching, "Follow Me...I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Without the Way, there is no going; without the Truth, there is no knowing; without Life, there is no living. I am the Way you are to follow; I am the Truth you are to believe; I am the Life you are to hope for" (Chap. 56).
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advises the disciple that all is not lost when the result is not as planned, when one thinks he is farthest from Jesus, it is then that Jesus is nearest, when one thinks that all is lost, it is then that victory is close at hand. Jesus says not to react to a difficulty as if there were no hope of being freed from it (Chap. 30).
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Kempis writes that we must not attribute any good to ourselves but attribute everything to God. Kempis asks us to be grateful for "every little gift" and we will be worthy to receive greater ones, to consider the least gift as great and the most common as something special. Kempis writes that if we
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It rejects and eliminates every speculative element not only of scholasticism but also of mysticism, and yet, at the same time, it abstracts from the colourful multiplicity of the Bible and—since it is written for those who have turned from the world—disregards the world, in all its richness, as a
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1418–1427). The devotional text is divided into four books of detailed spiritual instructions: (i) "Helpful
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persevere to the end." Immediately he heard the divine answer, "What if you knew this? What would you do? Do now what you would do then, and you will be very safe." After this the man gave himself to God's will, and his anxiety and fear of the future disappeared (Chap. 25).
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believed in the physical as well as the spiritual imitation of Christ, and advocated a path of poverty and preaching like Jesus who was poor at birth in the manger and died naked on the cross. The theme of imitation of Christ existed in all phases of
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Italian (1480), Catalan (1482), German (1486), French (1488), Low German (1489), Spanish (1490), Portuguese and Dutch (1496).
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wrote, "Do not let the writer's authority or learning influence you, be it little or great, but let the love of pure truth attract you to read. Do not ask, 'Who said this?' but pay attention to what is said" (Book 1, Ch. 5).
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emphasises the interior life and withdrawal from the mundanities of the world, as opposed to the active imitation of Christ practised by other friars. The devotions of the books emphasize devotion to the
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being obedient to the divine will" (Chap. 15). Jesus also delivers his "changeless teaching" — "Unless you renounce all that you have, you cannot be my disciple" (Chap. 8).
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is conferred, the soul's strength is replenished, and the recipient's mind is fortified and strength is given to the body debilitated by sin (Chap. 1).
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2330:(1905). "The Imitation of Jesus".
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2530:"Imitation of Christ, The"
2425:Balthasar, Hans Urs von (2001).
2002:. Peter Lang. pp. 192–193.
1948:. Goodwill Trading. p. 68.
1199:A concise dictionary of theology
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1245:by Irena Dorota Backus 1997
1161:by Margaret Ruth Miles 2004
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2552:L'Imitation de Jesus-Christ
2400:Tylenda, Joseph N. (1998).
2206:Creasy, William C. (2007).
1320:L'Imitation de JĂ©sus-Christ
1225:by Phyllis G. Jestice 2004
1121:by David C. Alexander 2008
1101:by Phyllis G. Jestice 2004
961:Van Engen, John H. (1988).
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1205:, Edward G. Farrugia 2004
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1523:. ABC-CLIO. p. 394.
1318:Ă Kempis, Thomas (1890).
1273:, Arie L. Molendijk 2006
162:Christian devotional book
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2657:Books about Christianity
2057:by Thomas R. Nevin 2006
1181:by Jacques Le Goff 2003
539:Museum Catharijneconvent
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2540:Encyclopædia Britannica
2525:Butler, Edward Cuthbert
2514:The Imitation of Christ
2403:The Imitation of Christ
2310:Oxford University Press
2284:The Christian tradition
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1975:. Primus. p. 208.
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2096:. BRILL. p. 167.
1969:Sen, Amiya P. (2010).
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