{"product_id":"the-imitation-of-christ-thomas-a-kempis-paperback","title":"The Imitation of Christ (Paperback)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eChristian Classic \/ Devotional \/ Spiritual Formation \/ Annotated Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore self-help, there was self-mastery. Before motivation, there was formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than six centuries, \u003cem\u003eThe Imitation of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e has asked readers to turn away from noise, vanity, distraction, and the restless pursuit of approval, and toward the harder work of humility, discipline, prayer, interior peace, and a life centered on Christ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Thomas à Kempis, a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular associated with the Augustinian Canons, the work emerged from the spiritual world of the early fifteenth century and is generally dated to around 1418-1427. It became one of the most influential devotional books in Christian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts language comes from another age. Its struggle does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmbition. Pride. Anxiety. Comparison. Restlessness. Temptation. The desire to be seen, praised, understood, and vindicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas à Kempis turns the reader inward and asks a more demanding question: \u003cem\u003eWhat would change if you stopped trying to master the world and first learned to master yourself?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross four books of spiritual instruction, \u003cem\u003eThe Imitation of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e explores humility, detachment, grace, suffering, prayer, communion with God, self-knowledge, and the difficult freedom that comes from placing eternal things above temporary ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Historic Text, Preserved\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Trumpet Publishing House edition forms part of our continuing work to return important texts to contemporary readers without sanding away the character that made them endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe historic English translation is preserved, allowing readers to encounter the cadence, gravity, and devotional character of the traditional text. Trumpet Publishing House has added reader annotations to provide context, clarify difficult passages, and help contemporary readers enter a work written more than six centuries ago without replacing the original voice with a modern paraphrase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is both devotional book and heritage edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead a chapter before the day begins. Return to a passage during a difficult season. Annotate it. Give it to someone beginning a new chapter of life. Keep it close enough to become worn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause \u003cem\u003eThe Imitation of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e was never written simply to be admired. It was written to be practiced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe world became louder. The invitation to become still did not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thomas à Kempis | \u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Work:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early fifteenth century, c. 1418 to 1427 | \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Historic Translation with Annotations by Trumpet Publishing House | \u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black and White | \u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 170 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable in Australia. International readers - hardcover and bespoke editions available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for the perfect gift?\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-imitation-of-christ-thomas-a-kempis-bespoke-edition\"\u003eBespoke Edition\u003c\/a\u003e is made for a book that may accompany someone for a lifetime. Featuring a foil dust jacket, ribbon bookmark, high-quality paper, and a personalized name or message — an enduring choice for children entering adulthood, parents, grandparents, godchildren, graduates, seminarians, clergy, teachers, mentors, converts, lifelong Catholics, Christians, and readers seeking a deeper interior life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for Christmas, Easter, First Communion, Confirmation, Baptism anniversaries, graduation, retreats, spiritual milestones, bereavement, recovery, family libraries, parish gifting, schools, and the quiet gift given simply because someone may need it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA six-century-old companion for the interior life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery book purchased directly from trumpetpublishinghouse.com plants a tree. 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