by Thomas à Kempis · RBA editores · tapa dura · ISBN 9789727471577
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«A Imitação de Cristo» is the classic of Christian spirituality by Thomas à Kempis, published by RBA editores in hardback (250 pages, in Portuguese).
A fifteenth-century devotional work written in Latin, it proposes a spiritual path based on humility, self-renunciation and the imitation of Christ. Its mystical tone and aphoristic style have made it a widely circulated classic, translated into many languages and appreciated by believers and scholars.
This Portuguese edition (1994) is no. 57 of the História da Literatura collection, with a translation by Maria Fernanda Gonçalves de Azevedo; the original «De Imitatione Christi» dates from the fifteenth century.
For readers interested in Christian mysticism and devotional classics, and for scholars of religious literature.
Thomas à Kempis was a German-Dutch Catholic canon regular of the Augustinians and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the best known Christian devotional books. His name means "Thomas of Kempen", Kempen, Germany, being his home town.
