Excerpt from Thomae Hemerken A Kempis, Canonici Regularis Ordinis S. Augustini, Opera Omnia, Vol. 3: Tractatuum Asceticorum Partem Tertiam Complectens, Meditatio De Incarnatione Christi Sermones De Vita Et Passione Domini Cum Tribus Miscellaneis
Angeli de sterili matre editus est: sed tu ab initio mundi promissus, pro salute nostra ineffabiliori ordine de virgine matre natus es. Ille genitus gaudium fecit parenti 5bus et amicis: tu vero natus gaudium magnum angelis fecisti et hominibus. Dat credulitatem magnam virginei partus ipsum miraculum factum in utero se nectutis. Qui ergo hoc egisti in servulo 10 tuo: profecto maius potuisti in temet ipso. Conditor enim cum sis naturae, omnia sub tua potestate habes: nec ullius lege stringeris aut iure. Lucet etiam in eo passionis tuae figura 15 quando a Patre iussus est immolari, di vino ad se responso per angelum prius facto. Ille ligna portavit holocausti: tu lignum crucis baiulasti, ad delendum chirographum primordialis delicti. Ille zoligatus mox arae imponitur; tu ligatus et fortiter caesus, tandem in cruce ex altaris, ut omnia ad te ipsum traheres. Ille oboediens fuit Abrahae patri suo: et tu oboedisti, usque ad mortem crucis 25 Deo Patri tuo. Ille immolatur, sed non occiditur; quia ille figura tu veritas: ille signum, tu verum sacrificium. Ille mori non debuit, quia redemptor mundi non fuit; tu vero mori debuisti, non tamen soex proprio sed nostro pro delicto: quia.
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Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471)
Was a canon regular of the late medieval period and the most probable author of The Imitation of Christ, which is one of the best known Christian books on devotion. His name means "Thomas of Kempen", his hometown, and in German he is known as Thomas von Kempen. He also is known by various spellings of his family name: Thomas Haemerken; Thomas Hammerlein; Thomas Hemerken and Thomas Hämerken.His first tenure of office as subprior was interrupted by the exile of the community from Agnetenberg (1429). A dispute had arisen in connection with an appointment to the vacant See of Utrecht. Pope Martin V rejected the nomination of Bishop-elect Rudolf van Diepholt, and imposed an interdict. The Canons remained in exile in observance of the interdict until the question was settled (1432). During this time, Thomas was sent to Arnhem to care for his ailing brother. He remained there until his brother died November, 1432. Thomas spent his time between devotional exercises, composition, and copying. He copied the Bible no fewer than four times,[3] one of the copies being preserved at Darmstadt, Germany in five volumes. In its teachings he was widely read and his works abound in Biblical quotations, especially from the New Testament.
Thomas a Kempis was a late Medieval Catholic monk and probable author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian books on devotion.
His writings are all of a devotional character and include tracts and meditations, letters, sermons, a life of Saint Lydewigis, a Christian woman who remained steadfast under a great stress of afflictions, and biographies of Groote, Radewijns, and nine of their companions. Works similar in content to the Imitation of Christ, and pervaded by the same spirit, are his prolonged meditation on the life and blessings of the Savior and another on the Incarnation. Both of these works overflow with adoration for Christ.
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