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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 80 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=127gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of th… Plus…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 80 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=5mm, Gew.=127gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill THOMAS A KEMPIS AND " THE IMITATION OF CHRIST " ' I HERE is probably no devotional writer who J- has appealed to such a wide and such a varied circle of readers as Thomas a Kempis. By men and women of every age and every creed and system of thought The Imitation of Christ has been enthusiastically received as a book which touches the deepest springs of spiritual thought and personal devotion. It is the beautiful record of an actual experience. " It remains to all time," wrote George Eliot, " a lasting record of human needs and human consolation, the voice of a brother, who ages ago felt and suffered and renounced?in the cloister perhaps, with serge gown and tonsured head, with much chanting and long fasts and a manner of speech different from ours, but under the same silent, far-off heavens, and with the same passionate desires, the same strivings, the same failures, the same weariness." That is the secret of the book's great charm. It is the faithful transcript of a soul, gifted with no special endowments of intellect,favoured by no special opportunities of birth, visited by no special fervours of spiritual ecstasy, but through all the weary trials and perplexities of the religious life held steadfast to its high vision and gladdened by fellowship with God. Thomas a Kempis was born in 1380, and he died in 1471. His long life was passed in those eventful years which saw the close of the Middle Ages and preluded the great movement of the Renaissance. Just before his birth the terrible scourge of the Black Death had swept across Europe, working greater havoc and bringing more violent social changes than the fiercest wars. And Thomas was in his seventy-third year when the Fall of Constantinople placed Eastern Europe at the mercy of the Turk and flooded the West with the ...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill THOMAS A KEMPIS AND " THE IMITATION OF CHRIST " ' I HERE is probably no devotional writer who J- has appealed to such a wide and such a varied circle of readers as Thomas a Kempis. By men and women of every age and every creed and system of thought The Imitation of Christ has been enthusiastically received as a book which touches the deepest springs of spiritual thought and personal devotion. It is the beautiful record of an actual experience. " It remains to all time," wrote George Eliot, " a lasting record of human needs and human consolation, the voice of a brother, who ages ago felt and suffered and renounced?in the cloister perhaps, with serge gown and tonsured head, with much chanting and long fasts and a manner of speech different from ours, but under the same silent, far-off heavens, and with the same passionate desires, the same strivings, the same failures, the same weariness." That is the secret of the book's great charm. It is the faithful transcript of a soul, gifted with no special endowments of intellect,favoured by no special opportunities of birth, visited by no special fervours of spiritual ecstasy, but through all the weary trials and perplexities of the religious life held steadfast to its high vision and gladdened by fellowship with God. Thomas a Kempis was born in 1380, and he died in 1471. His long life was passed in those eventful years which saw the close of the Middle Ages and preluded the great movement of the Renaissance. Just before his birth the terrible scourge of the Black Death had swept across Europe, working greater havoc and bringing more violent social changes than the fiercest wars. And Thomas was in his seventy-third year when the Fall of Constantinople placed Eastern Europe at the mercy of the Turk and flooded the West with the ...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<

ISBN: 9780217232746

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's web… Plus…

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co.; Publication date: 1916; Subjects: Spiritual life; Body, Mind Books Masters-of-the-Spiritual-Life~~Frederick-William-Drake General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Longmans, Green and co. in 1916 in 183 pages; Subjects: Religious thought; Theology; Spiritual life; Body, Mind & Spirit / Mysticism; Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / General; Religion / Devotional; Religion / Mysticism; Religion / Spirituality; Social Science / Freemasonry;<

ISBN: 9780217232746

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's web… Plus…

The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co.; The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Publisher: London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co.; Publication date: 1916; Subjects: Spiritual life; Body, Mind Books, , Masters-of-the-Spiritual-Life~~Frederick-William-Drake, 999999999, Masters of the Spiritual Life, Frederick William Drake, 0217232744, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<