The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis is a Christian devotional book.
Apart from the Bible, no book has been translated into more la.
Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650.
The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic.
It is a handbook for spiritual life arising from the Devotio Moderna movement, of which Kempis was a member.
It was first composed in Latin ca.1418-1427.
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Kempis is a Christian devotional book