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Book three, entitled on interior consolation, is the longest among the four books. It also discusses the importance of the sacrament of eucharist. Imitating christ and despising all vanities on earth 2. It is a handbook for spiritual life arising from the devotio moderna movement, of which kempis was a member. Full book 3 imitation of christ read by hugh thwaites s.
The truth he writes of transcends centuries and applies as much to todays modern manwoman as it did back then because it addresses the issues and attitudes that lie in the human heart. Book 3, chapters 3140 of the imitation of christ by. Do not cast me out forever nor blot me out of the book of life, and whatever tribulation befalls will not harm me. The core message of the work is humility, and for christians to shut out the world and deny himself.
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