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El Greco, «Christ Carrying the Cross», c. 1590

The Imitation of Christ

Tomás de Kempis · c. 1418 · Spiritual reading

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Summary

The classic of the devotio moderna, in four books: counsels for the spiritual life, the interior life, inward consolation in dialogue with Christ, and the Blessed Sacrament. Short, direct sentences, to be read slowly and returned to for a lifetime.

Quotes

At the Day of Judgment it will be demanded of us, not what we have read, but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how holily we have lived.
For man proposeth, but God disposeth.

Moral rating

6 of 6: No drawbacks. See on delibris.org

Taken from delibris.org, a review site (not an official judgement of the Church): from 1 to 6 circles; 6 means «No drawbacks».

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Source: Project Gutenberg, libro n.º 1653 (dominio público); portada de Proyecto Fénix

Cover: El Greco, «Christ Carrying the Cross», c. 1590 (public domain, Wikimedia Commons)