The Imitation of Christ: A Timeless Classic for Contemporary Readers,9780870612312

The Imitation of Christ: A Timeless Classic for Contemporary Readers

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780870612312
ISBN10: 087061231X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-12-01
Publisher(s): Christian Classics
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Table of Contents

Preface 8(3)
Introduction 11(19)
Book 1 Useful Reminders for the Spiritual Life
Of the Imitation of Christ
30(1)
Of Having a Humble Opinion about Yourself
31(1)
Of the Teaching of Truth
32(2)
Of Thinking before You Act
34(1)
Of Reading Holy Writings
35(1)
Of Confused Feelings
35(1)
Of Avoiding Empty Hope and Self-Praise
36(1)
Of Avoiding Inappropriate Intimacy
37(1)
Of Obedience for Those under Religious Vows
37(1)
Of Avoiding Unnecessary Talk
38(1)
Of Finding Peace and Making Spiritual Progress
39(1)
Of Putting Troubles to Use
40(1)
Of Resisting Temptations
41(2)
Of Avoiding Hasty Judgments
43(1)
Of Works Done Out of Love
43(1)
Of Putting Up with Others' Faults
44(1)
Of the Monastic Life
45(1)
Of the Examples of the Holy Fathers
46(1)
Of the Training of a Good Religious Person
47(2)
Of the Love of Solitude and Silence
49(2)
Of Heartfelt Remorse
51(2)
Of Human Misery
53(2)
Of Thinking about Death
55(2)
Of Judgment and Punishment
57(2)
Of Improving Our Lives
59(5)
Book 2 Suggestions Drawing One toward the Inner Life
Of God Speaking within You
64(2)
Of Placing Your Life in God's Hands
66(1)
Of the Good and Peaceful Person
67(1)
Of Pure Feelings and Simple Intentions
68(1)
Of Paying Attention to One's Self
69(1)
Of the Joy of a Good Conscience
70(1)
Of Loving Jesus above All Else
71(1)
Of Intimate Friendship with Jesus
72(1)
Of Emptiness
73(2)
Of Gratitude for God's Grace
75(2)
Of the Few Who Love Jesus's Cross
77(1)
Of the Royal Road of the Holy Cross
78(6)
Book 3 Of Inner Comfort
Of Christ Speaking in Your Own Heart
84(1)
That Truth Speaks Quietly to the Heart
85(1)
That We Should Listen to God's Words with Deep Humility and Serious Intent
86(2)
That We Should Live in God's Presence in Truth and Humility
88(1)
Of the Wonderful Effects of God's Love
89(2)
Of the Proof of a True Lover
91(2)
Of Protecting Grace with Humility
93(2)
Of Humility before God
95(1)
That All Things Come from God and Must Return to God
96(1)
Of How Good It Is to Serve God
97(1)
That Feelings May Not Always Be What They Seem
98(1)
Of Patience
99(1)
Of Obedience and Humility
100(1)
Of Seeing Ourselves through God's Eyes
101(1)
Of What We Are to Do and Say about All Our Desires
102(1)
That We Are to Seek True Comfort in God Alone
103(1)
That We Should Take All Our Cares to God
104(1)
That We Should Bear Our Hardships Patiently after Christ's Example
105(1)
Of Bearing Injuries and the Proof of True Patience
106(1)
Of Admitting Our Own Weaknesses
107(2)
That We Should Rest in God above All Else
109(2)
Of Remembering God's Many Blessings
111(1)
Of Four Things that Bring Great Peace
112(2)
Of Avoiding Curiosity about Other People's Lives
114(1)
Of True Peace of Heart
115(1)
That True Freedom Comes More from Humble Prayer than from Much Reading
116(1)
That Self-love Blocks Us from Attaining the Highest Good
117(2)
Of Those Who Speak against Us
119(1)
Of How We Should Bless God in Times of Trial
119(1)
Of Asking for God's Help
120(2)
Of Setting Aside All Created Things that We May Find the Creator
122(1)
Of Growing beyond Self
123(1)
Of Our Changing Hearts, and of Focusing Our Sight on God
124(1)
That the Person Who Loves God Enjoys Him above All and in All
125(1)
That There Is No Freedom from Temptation in This Life
126(1)
That You Should Not Worry about What Other People May Say about You
127(1)
Of Gaining a Free Heart through Total Self-Surrender
128(1)
Of Controlling Our Behavior, and of Running to God in Time of Danger
129(1)
That a Person Must Not Be Overly Eager in His Affairs
130(1)
That All a Person's Goodness Comes from God, Not from Himself
131(1)
Of Seeing All Worldly Honor as Nothing
132(1)
That Peace Does Not Depend on Other People
133(1)
Against Arrogant Learning
134(1)
Of Minding Our Own Business
135(1)
That We Should Not Believe Everything We Hear and of How Easy It Is to Speak Ill of Others
136(1)
Of Having Confidence in God when Sharp Words Attack Us
137(2)
That All Burdens Are to Be Endured for the Sake of Eternal Life
139(1)
Of Life and of Eternity
140(2)
Of Longing for Eternal Life and of the Promise It Holds
142(3)
How a Lonely Person Should Place Himself in God's Hands
145(2)
That We Must Perform Humble Works When We Are Unable to Perform Higher Ones
147(1)
That We Should Not Think Ourselves Worthy of Comfort but Deserving of Correction
148(1)
That God's Grace Does Not Mix with the Wisdom of the World
149(1)
Of the Differing Movements of Nature and Grace
150(3)
Of Fallen Nature and the Effect of Divine Grace
153(1)
That We Should Turn from Ourselves and Imitate Christ by Way of the Cross
154(2)
That We Should Not Be Too Dejected When We Fail
156(1)
Of Not Prying into Things That Are beyond Our Understanding
157(3)
That All Hope and Trust Should Be Fixed on God Alone
160(4)
Book 4 The Book on the Sacrament
With What Great Reverence Christ Should Be Received
164(4)
What Great Goodness and Love God Shows to Us in This Sacrament
168(2)
How It Is Helpful to Receive Communion Often
170(1)
That Many Good Things Are Given to Those Who Devoutly Receive Communion
171(2)
Of the Dignity of the Sacrament and of the Priesthood
173(1)
The Question of Preparing before Communion
174(1)
Of Examining One's Conscience, and of Planning to Change for the Better
175(1)
Of Christ's Offering on the Cross, and of Our Own Self-Surrender
176(1)
That We Ought to Offer Ourselves and All That Is Ours to God, and That We Ought to Pray for All Others
177(2)
That Holy Communion Is Not to Be Lightly Omitted
179(2)
That the Body of Christ and the Holy Scriptures Are Most Necessary to the Faithful Soul
181(2)
That Receiving Christ in Holy Communion Requires Preparation
183(2)
That a Devout Soul Should Wish Wholeheartedly to Be United with Christ in the Sacrament
185(1)
Of the Ardent Desire of Some Devout People to Receive the Body of Christ
186(1)
That the Grace of Devotion Is Gained by Humility
187(1)
That We Should Make Our Needs Known to Christ and Ask for His Help
188(1)
Of Burning Love and the Strong Desire to Receive Christ
189(2)
That We Should Not Pry into This Sacrament Out of Curiosity
191

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