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| Predicate | Object |
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gptkb:book
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Thomas_à_Kempis
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| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:Christian_literature
gptkb:religion Spirituality Medieval literature |
| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:Germany
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| gptkbp:genre |
Christian devotional literature
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Imitatio Christi
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_spirituality
Catholic spirituality Protestant spirituality |
| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Latin
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| gptkbp:mediaType |
gptkb:book
gptkb:manuscript |
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
‘Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity, except to love God and serve Him alone.’
‘Follow thou me’ (John 21:22) |
| gptkbp:notableRelease |
gptkb:De_Imitatione_Christi
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| gptkbp:publicationDate |
circa 1418–1427
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| gptkbp:publisher |
various
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Devotio_Moderna
gptkb:Thomas_à_Kempis gptkb:Gerard_Groote |
| gptkbp:relatedWork |
gptkb:The_Cloud_of_Unknowing
gptkb:The_Practice_of_the_Presence_of_God The Spiritual Exercises |
| gptkbp:significance |
one of the most widely read Christian devotional books
translated into many languages influenced saints and religious leaders |
| gptkbp:structure |
four books
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:Imitation_of_Christ
Christian spirituality |
| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:meditation
humility love of God obedience patience self-denial devotion to Christ interior life detachment from the world imitation of Christ contempt of the world |
| gptkbp:translatedInto |
English translation by Richard Whitford
English translation by William Atkinson French translation by Pierre Corneille German translation by Johann Gerson |
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gptkb:De_Imitatione_Christi
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7
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