The Imitation of Christ

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sermonindex Jan 16, 2008

In the latest issue of The Old Paths, Greg had an article on the imitation of Christ of which i've never heard of but probably most have. I thought that maybe some might want to download the whole book in PDF format.

~~[u]~~~~[b]~~The Imitation of Christ[/b][/u]

by Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/kempis/imitation.html

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SimpleLiving Jan 16, 2008

Brother, you made my day! Thank you for taking the time to share this information!

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sermonindex Jan 16, 2008

Excellent find!

I gave up on reading the article as it was in The Old Paths, the language was incredibly tough. I spent more time trying to work out what Kempis was actually saying than taking any of it in :-P

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sermonindex Jan 16, 2008

Thank you both kindly. I wasn't aware that this would be such a great thing. I almost didn't post it. I'm glad i did now. God Bless.

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tjservant Jan 17, 2008

Thanks brother. I had forgotten about the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. It is a great resource.

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sermonindex Jan 17, 2008

deleted / double post.

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sermonindex Jan 17, 2008

tjservant:

It is a great resource.

Indeed it is.

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sermonindex Jan 17, 2008

I'm finding out that the Imitation to Christ is some very hard reading. Hard to understand his line of thought somewhat. Even the article in the Old Paths was difficult. For the record though; i do love the Old Paths Magazine very very much and look forward to another issue.

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MSeaman Jan 17, 2008

I found that online a couple years ago. I love it! I hope others will look into it as well. and be Blessed!

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sermonindex Jan 17, 2008

MSeaman:

I found that online a couple years ago. I love it! I hope others will look into it as well. and be Blessed!

Do you or did you find the Imitation to Christ hard to read and understand ? Since i've only begun to read it i'm still trying to get a handle on it and to find out the core of what this Imitation to Christ is all about.

Also: This question is and can be for anyone to respond to thats perhaps already read The Imitation to Christ.

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MSeaman Jan 18, 2008

JulianSims wrote:
Do you or did you find the Imitation to Christ hard to read and understand ?

No, I didn't really find it hard to read and understand, maybe my copy had been updated or something? I can't remember where I found it. I do however find it very hard to apply(because of my flesh)...It is a meaty piece of writing and a wonderful challenge to imitate Christ! Oh how I want to succeed at the challenge!

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sermonindex Jan 18, 2008

I'm wondering what you mean Julian, because the excerpt in The Old Paths was very difficult to read because of the language (it was too old!) but the link that you gave:

~~[url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/kempis/imitation.html]~~The Imitation of Christ[/url]

had it in the updated language, which should remove the reading/understanding problems?

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sermonindex Jan 18, 2008

I still find myself after reading this by saying, huh? It just seems to be deep or heavy reading is where i'm coming from. Just not use to it. I do have books here at the house that after i read a paragraph i have to go back and read it again, because it might be a bit deep, or how it's written might be confusing so i have to do a double take on it to understand it. Things like that.