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  <name><![CDATA[Thomas à Kempis]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Thomas Hammerken (or Hammerlein -- both mean &quot;little hammer&quot;) was born at Kempen (hence the &quot;A Kempis&quot;) in the duchy of Cleves in Germany around 1380. He was educated by a religious order called the Brethren of the Common Life, and in due course joined the order, was ordained a priest, became sub-prior of his house (in the low Countries), and died 25 July 1471 (his feast is observed a day early to avoid conflict with that of James bar-Zebedee the Apostle).

Thomas is known almost entirely for composing or compiling a manual of spiritual advice known as &lt;i&gt;The Imitation of Christ&lt;/i&gt;, in which he urges the reader to seek to follow the example of Jesus Christ and to be conformed in all things to His will.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Geert Groote,  Florentius Radewijns]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Kempen</hometown>    <died_at>07/25/1471</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Imitation of Christ]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Inner Life]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas à Kempis]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Counsels on the Spiritual Life (Penguin Classics 60s)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Imitation of Mary]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas à Kempis]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[On the Passion of Christ: According to the Four Evangelists : Prayers and Meditations]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Chronicles of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas à Kempis]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[St. Lydwine Of Schiedam, Virgin (1912)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Vincent Joseph Scully]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Harvard Classics, Vol. 07: The Confessions of St. Augustine, The Imitation of Christ]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas à Kempis]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Valley Of Lilies And The Soliloquy Of The Soul]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas à Kempis]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Meditations on the Life of Christ]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas à Kempis]]></name>
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  <published>1982</published>  
  
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