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The Following of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Dedication — Epigraph
  3. 3Book I
  4. 4Chap. II — Of Having an Humble Sentiment of One’s Self
  5. 5Chap. III — Of the Doctrine of Truth
  6. 6Chap. IV — Of Prudence in Our Doings
  7. 7Chap. V — Of Reading the Holy Scriptures
  8. 8Chap. VI — Of Inordinate Affection
  9. 9Chap. VII — Of Flying Vain Hope and Pride
  10. 10Chap. VIII — Of Shunning Too Much Familiarity
  11. 11Chap. IX — Of Obedience and Subjection
  12. 12Chap. X — Of Avoiding Superfluity of Words
  13. 13Chap. XI — Of Acquiring Peace and Zeal of Spiritual Progress
  14. 14Chap. XII — Of the Advantage of Adversity
  15. 15Chap. XIII — Of Resisting Temptation
  16. 16Chap. XIV — Of Avoiding Rash Judgment
  17. 17Chap. XV — Of Works Done Out of Charity
  18. 18Chap. XVI — Of Bearing the Defects of Others
  19. 19Chap. XVII — Of a Monastic Life
  20. 20Chap. XVIII — Of the Example of the Holy Fathers
  21. 21Chap. XIX — Of the Exercises of a Good Religious Man
  22. 22Chap. XX — Of the Love of Solitude and Silence
  23. 23Chap. XXI — Of Compunction of Heart
  24. 24Chap. XXII — Of the Consideration of the Misery of Man
  25. 25Chap. XXIII — Of the Thoughts of Death
  26. 26Chap. XXIV — Of Judgment and the Punishment of Sins
  27. 27Chap. XXV — Of the Fervent Amendment of Our Whole Life
  28. 28Chap I — Of Interior Conversation
  29. 29Chap. II — Of Humble Submission
  30. 30Chap. III — Of a Good Peaceable Man
  31. 31Chap. IV — Of a Pure Mind and Simple Intention
  32. 32Chap. V — Of the Consideration of One’s Self
  33. 33Chap. VI — Of the Joy of a Good Conscience
  34. 34Chap. VII — Of the Love of Jesus Above All Things
  35. 35Chap. VIII — Of Familiar Friendship With Jesus
  36. 36Chap. IX — Of the Want of All Comfort
  37. 37Chap. X — Of Gratitude for the Grace of God
  38. 38Chap. XI — Of the Small Number of the Lovers of the Cross of Jesus
  39. 39Chap. XII — Of the King’s Highway of the Holy Cross
  40. 40Chap. I — Of the Internal Speech of Christ to a Faithful Soul
  41. 41Chap. II — That Truth Speaks Within Us Without Noise of Words
  42. 42Chap. III — That the Words of God Are to Be Heard With Humility, an…
  43. 43Chap. IV — That We Ought to Walk in Truth and Humility in God’s Pre…
  44. 44Chap. V — Of the Wonderful Effect of Divine Love
  45. 45Chap. VI — Of the Proof of a True Lover
  46. 46Chap. VII — That Grace Is to Be Hid Under the Guardianship of Humility
  47. 47Chap. VIII — Of the Mean Esteem of One’s Self in the Sight of God
  48. 48Chap. IX — That All Things Are to Be Referred to God, as to Our Las…
  49. 49Chap. X — That It Is Meet to Serve God, Despising This World
  50. 50Chap. XI — That the Desires of Our Heart Are to Be Examined and Mod…
  51. 51Chap. XII — Of Learning Patience, and of Fighting Against Concupisc…
  52. 52Chap. XIII — Of the Obedience of an Humble Subject After the Exampl…
  53. 53Chap. XIV — Of Considering the Secret Judgments of God, Lest We Be…
  54. 54Chap. XV — How We Are to Be Disposed, and What We Are to Say When W…
  55. 55Chap. XVI — That True Comfort Is to Be Sought in God Alone
  56. 56Chap. XVII — That We Ought to Cast All Our Care Upon God
  57. 57Chap. XVIII — That Temporal Miseries Are to Be Borne With Patience…
  58. 58Chap. XIX — Of Supporting Injuries; and Who Is Proved to Be Truly P…
  59. 59Chap. XX — Of the Confession of Our Infirmity, and of the Miseries…
  60. 60Chap. XXI — That We Are to Rest in God Above All Goods and Gifts
  61. 61Chap. XXII — Of the Rememberance of the Manifold Benefits of God
  62. 62Chap. XXIII — Of Four Things Which Bring Much Peace
  63. 63Chap. XXIV — That We Are Not to Be Curious in Enquiring Into the Li…
  64. 64Chap. XXV — In What Things the Firm Peace of the Heart and True Pro…
  65. 65Chap. XXVI — Of the Eminence of a Free Mind, Which Humble Prayer Be…
  66. 66Chap. XXVII — That Self-Love Chiefly Keeps a Person Back From the S…
  67. 67Chap. XXVIII — Against the Tongues of Detractors
  68. 68Chap. XXIX — How in the Time of Tribulation — God Is to Be Invoked…
  69. 69Chap. XXX — Of Asking the Divine Assistance, and of Confidence of R…
  70. 70Chap. XXXI — Of Disregarding All Things Created, That So We May Fin…
  71. 71Chap. XXXII — Of the Denying Ourselves, and Renouncing All Cupidity
  72. 72Chap. XXXIII — Of the Inconstancy of Our Heart, and of Directing Ou…
  73. 73Chap. XXXIV — That He That Loves God Relishes Him Above All Things,…
  74. 74Chap. XXXV — That There Is No Being Secure From Temptation in This…
  75. 75Chap. XXXVI — Against the Vain Judgments of Men
  76. 76Chap. XXXVII — Of a Pure and Full Resignation of Ourselves, for the…
  77. 77Chap. XXXVIII — Of the Good Government of Ourselves in Outward Thin…
  78. 78Chap. XXXIX — That a Man Must Not Be Over Eager in His Affairs
  79. 79Chap. XL — That Man Hath No Good of Himself, and That He Cannot Glo…
  80. 80Chap. XLI — Of the Contempt of All Temporal Honour
  81. 81Chap. XLII — That Our Peace Is Not to Be Placed in Men
  82. 82Chap. XLIII — Against Vain and Worldly Learning
  83. 83Chap. XLIV — Of Not Drawing to Ourselves Exterior Things
  84. 84Chap. XLV
  85. 85Chap. XLVI — Of Having Confidence in God, When Words Arise Against Us
  86. 86Chap. XLVII — That All Grievious Things Are to Be Endured for Life…
  87. 87Chap. XLVIII — Of the Day of Eternity, and of the Miseries of This…
  88. 88Chap. XLIX — Of the Desire of Eternal Life: And How Great Things Ar…
  89. 89Chap. L — How a Desolate Person Ought to Offer Himself Into the Han…
  90. 90Chap. LI — That We Must Practise Ourselves in Humble Works, When We…
  91. 91Chap. LII
  92. 92Chap. LIII — That the Grace of God Is Not Communicated to the Earth…
  93. 93Chap. LIV — Of the Different Motions of Nature and Grace
  94. 94Chap. LV — Of the Corruption of Nature, and of the Efficacy of Divi…
  95. 95Chap. LVI — That We Ought to Deny Ourselves, and to Imitate Christ…
  96. 96Chap. LVII — That a Man Should Not Be Too Much Dejected When He Fal…
  97. 97Chap. LVIII — Of Not Searching Into High Matters, nor Into the Secr…
  98. 98Chap. LIX — That All Hope and Confidence Is to Be Fixed in God Alone
  99. 99Book IV — Of the Sacrament
  100. 100Chap. I — With How Great Reverence — Christ Is to Be Received
  101. 101Chap. II — That the Great Goodness and Charity of God Is Shewed to…
  102. 102Chap. III — That It Is Profitable to Communicate Often
  103. 103Chap. IV — That Many Benefits Are Bestowed on Them Who Communicate…
  104. 104Chap. V — Of the Dignity of the Sacrament, and of the Priestly State
  105. 105Chap. VI — A Petition Concerning the Exercise Proper Before Communion
  106. 106Chap. VII — Of the Discussion of One’s Own Conscience, and of a Res…
  107. 107Chap. VIII — Of the Oblation of Christ on the Cross, and of the Res…
  108. 108Chap. IX
  109. 109Chap. X — That the Holy Communion Is Not Lightly to Be Forborne
  110. 110Chap. XI — That the Body of Christ and the Holy Scripture Are Most…
  111. 111Chap. XII — That He Who Is to Communicate Ought to Prepare Himself…
  112. 112Chap. XIII — That a Devout Soul Ought to Desire With Her Whole Hear…
  113. 113Chap. XIV — Of the Ardent Desire of Some Devout Persons to Receive…
  114. 114Chap. XV — That the Grace of Devotion Is Obtained by Humility and S…
  115. 115Chap. XVI — That We Ought to Lay Open Our Necessities to Christ, an…
  116. 116Chap. XVII — Of Fervent Love and Vehement Desire to Receive Christ
  117. 117Chap. XVIII

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