De imitatione Christi

Japanese: イミタティオ･クリスティ（英語表記）De imitatione Christi

This is a famous work on Christian devotion, said to be the second most popular work after the Bible. There was once much debate about its author, but it is believed to have been written by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471). He was born in Kempen near Düsseldorf, and at the age of 12 he joined the Brotherhood of Common Life, which G. Grote founded following the lifestyle of the first Christians. He became a priest and served as an abbot, but throughout his life he loved a simple life devoted to work such as copying, prayer, reading, and writing. The contents of this four-volume work are advice for the spiritual life, guidance to the interior life, the inner speaking of Christ, and the sacrament of the Eucharist. Rather than a complete explanation of Catholic faith or doctrine, it is a series of meditations to deepen the interior life of believers, especially monks.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

聖書に次いで愛読されてきたといわれる，キリスト教的信心の名著。著者についてはかつて盛んな論争があったが，トマス･ア･ケンピス(1380ころ‐1471)の作とされる。彼はデュッセルドルフ近くのケンペン生れ，12歳でG.フローテが初代キリスト信者の生き方にならって創立した〈共同生活兄弟会〉に入る。司祭となり，副修道院長もつとめたが，終生，筆写などの労働と祈り，読書，著述に専念する簡素な生活を愛した。本書4巻の内容は霊的生活のための勧告，内的生活への導き，キリストの内的な語りかけ，聖体の秘跡であり，カトリック信仰ないし教義の完全な説明というよりは，信者，とくに修道者の内的生活を深めるための一連の黙想である。

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