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I have already disclaimed any intention of entering into the controversy regarding the authorship of the "Imitatio," but as several passages in the latter work are closely parallel to sentences in the
The Founders of the New Devotion: Being the Lives of Gerard Groote, Florentius Radewin and Their Followers. 1379?-1471 1905
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"Imitatio," whose date would seem to be about 1423, in which that work is assigned to a Carthusian Monk.
The Founders of the New Devotion: Being the Lives of Gerard Groote, Florentius Radewin and Their Followers. 1379?-1471 1905
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Yet we have editions of the "Imitatio" that are far more legible and convenient.
The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman 1898
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"Imitatio Mariae: Motherhood Motifs in Devotional Memoirs," Mystics Quarterly 16 (1990): 193 – 203.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Elsbeth says that God imprinted the seal of Christ's agony on the heart and soul of John, so that John also received the wounds of Christ. 72 For Elsbeth, John is the perfect practitioner of the Imitatio Christi because he becomes an extension of both Christ's suffering and his love.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Instead, his Thiel Foundation supports futurism and liberty through organizations such as the Sens Foundation, which is focused on regenerative biotechnologies, and Imitatio, which concentrates on a theory that people imitate others and desire objects that others own, thereby spurring competition and violence.
An Unorthodox Take on Philanthropy Pui-Wing Tam 2010
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An Imitatio Johannis allowed the women in an age that no longer had virgin martyrs to feel the embrace of Christ, share in the sorrow of the Virgin, and suffer Christ's agony on the cross.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Nuns regarding this image could contemplate the relationship between the two, as well as to attempt an Imitatio Johannis — an imitation of John in his trusting, obedient, and boundless love for Christ and as the virginal recipient of Christ's love.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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Perhaps, however, the palm would be awarded to the 'Imitatio Christi' of the saintly Thomas à Kempis.
The Book-Hunter at Home P. B. M. Allan
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The author of the "Imitatio Christi" speaks thus of the daily living of the Christian:
The Approach to Philosophy Ralph Barton Perry 1916
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