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Imitation of Christ: Thomas a Kempis, Love and Learnin'

By Tripp Hudgins
The manuscript of "De Imitatione Christi." Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussel.
The manuscript of "De Imitatione Christi." Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussel.
Jul 25, 2012
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Nothing is sweeter than love, nothing stronger, nothing higher, nothing wider,
nothing more pleasant, nothing fuller or better in heaven or earth; 

for love is born of God, and can rest only in God above all created things.

And so my musings on Thomas a Kempis, for whom Jesus the Christ was Love Incarnate, begin.

Will it frame my day? Will it help me make sense of French class?

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The manuscript of "De Imitatione Christi." Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Brussel.
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