"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",
"description":"The Imitation is perhaps the most widely read Christian devotional work next to the Bible, and is regarded as a devotional and religious classic. Its popularity was immediate, and it was printed 745 times before 1650. Apart from the Bible, no book had been translated into more languages than the Imitation of Christ at the time. Saint Augustine viewed the imitation of Christ as the fundamental purpose of Christian life, and as a remedy for the imitation of the sins of Adam. Kempis stresses the importance of solitude and silence, \"how undisturbed a conscience we would have if we never went searching after ephemeral joys nor concerned ourselves with affairs of the world...\"",