The Imitation of Christ, in four books, counsels humility, detachment from the world, the inner life and devotion to the Eucharist, in short chapters for daily reading. Probably by Thomas à Kempis, it became after the Bible the most widely read Christian book.
Imitation of Christ
The fifteenth-century devotional classic, attributed to Thomas à Kempis, on the inner life and the following of Christ.