About
The Imitation of Christ

It is believed that this book was written in 1427. Since the most ancient manuscripts of this work do not contain any reference to its author, there has been some controvery over this point. However the general consensus is that the author was Thomas à Kempis. Thomas à Kempis was a German Catholic priest who later joined the monastic order known as "The Brothers of the Common Life."

Christain Mysticism | Quotations drawn from The Imitation of Christ | Bibliographic references | ©1999 by D. Platt