Thomas a Kempis Collection [10 Books]

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THOMAS A KEMPIS COLLECTION [10 BOOKS] — Quality Formatting and Value — Active Index, Multiple Table of Contents for all Books — Multiple IllustrationsThomas à Kempis, C.R.S.A.; (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian books on devotion. His name means Thomas "of Kempen", his hometown, and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen. He also is known by various spellings of his family name: Thomas Haemerken; Thomas Hammerlein; Thomas Hemerken and Thomas Hämerken. Thomas à Kempis wrote the biographies of New Devotion members—Gerard Groote, Floris Radewijns, John van de Gronde, and John Brinckerinck. His important works include a series of sermons to the novices of St. Augustine Monastery, including Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ, Meditations on the Incarnation of Christ, Of True Compunction of Heart, Soliloquy of the Soul, Garden of Roses, Valley of Lilies, and a Life of St. Lidwina of Schiedam. Kempis's 1441 autograph manuscript of The Imitation of Christ is available in the Bibliothèque Royale in Brussels.—BOOKS—A MEDITATION ON THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST, SERMONS ON THE LIFE AND PASSION OF OUR LORD AND OF HEARING AND SPEAKING GOOD WORDSPRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS ON THE LIFE OF CHRISTSAINT LYDWINE OF SCHIEDAMSERMONS TO THE NOVICES REGULARTHE CHRONICLE OF THE CANONS REGULAR OF MOUNT SAINT AGNESTHE FOLLOWING OF CHRISTTHE FOUNDERS OF THE NEW DEVOTIONTHE IMITATION OF CHRISTTHE LITTLE GARDEN OF ROSES AND VALLEY OF LILIESTHE SOLILOQUY OF THE SOULPUBLISHER: AETERNA PRESS