Soliloquium animæ. The sole-talke of the soule. Or, a spirituall and heauenlie dialogue betwixt the soule of man and God. Which, for the great affinitie it hath with other bookes of the auctor published heeretofore in our natiue tongue, is now entituled The fourth booke of the Imitation of Christ. Translated and corrected by Thomas Rogers. Neuer before published Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471

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Author
Thomas à Kempis, 1380-1471
Subjects
Meditations - Early works to 1800.; Soul.; Meditations.
Contents
  • Machine derived contents note: Contents
  • A Word from the Translator 000
  • Consolations For My Soul
  • Prologue 000
  • 1. Taking the First Steps 000
  • Clinging, the Primal Prayer Position
  • W.G. 000
  • 2. Hanging Around, Moping About 000
  • How to Read a Kempis Book
  • 3. Tracking God Down 000
  • Kempis and the Bible
  • 4. Being Tracked Down by God 000
  • 5. Running from God 000
  • The Difference a Word Makes
  • 6. Hurrying Toward Doom 000
  • Purgatory, Real or Imagined
  • 7. Praying through the Loneliness 000
  • Sins, Venial and Mortal
  • 8. Praying through the Pain 000
  • Room within a Room
  • 9. Sinking beneath the Waves 000
  • 10. Losing the First Fervor 000
  • Capital Sins and Capitalized Nouns
  • 11. Ranting about the Present Life 000
  • 12. Unpacking My Bag for the Final Trip 000
  • Devotio Moderna
  • 13. Panting for Eternal Life 000
  • 14. Slipsliding through Life 000
  • 15. Sighing for the Final Hour 000
  • Who Was Kempis?
  • 16. Lusting for the Last Breath 000
  • 17. Dying on This Side of the Grave 000
  • 18. Distancing from Creatures 000
  • Who Owns Kempis?
  • 19. Condemning Earthly Consolations 000
  • 20. Commending Heavenly Consolations 000
  • 21. Traveling a Far Piece 000
  • 22. Sampling Divine Consolation 000
  • Translation, Literal or Paraphrasal
  • 23. Walking into an Ambush 000
  • 24. Looking for a Better Deal 000
  • 25. Letting Go 000
  • Gender, Historical or Contemporary
  • 26. Trailing the Lord 000
  • 27. Clinging for Dear Life 000
  • 28. Complaining Loudly to an Absent Friend 000
  • Real Presence and Absence
  • 29. Pining for the Beloved 000
  • 30. Being Hung Out to Dry 000
  • 31. Remembering a Friend 000
  • Friendships, Natural and Spiritual
  • 32. Telling Spiritual Stories 000
  • 33. Surviving Temptation 000
  • 34. Benefiting from Temptation 000
  • 35. Resting Between Temptations 000
  • 36. Losing a Step or Two 000
  • 37. Arguing with a Beloved Friend 000
  • Hide-and-Seek
  • 38. Titting for Tatting 000
  • 39. Readjusting the Schedule 000
  • 40. Feeding the Flame 000
  • 41. Wiping the Slate Clean 000
  • 42. Approaching the Throne 000
  • 43. Telling the Tall Tale 000
  • 44. Complaining about Lack of Progress 000
  • Tears as Purgatory
  • 45. Gushing Holy Tears 000
  • Tears as Gift
  • 46. Touring the Works 000
  • 47. Crashing the Party 000
  • 48. Paying One's Respects 000
  • The Mathematics of Merits
  • 49. Asking for a Loan 000
  • Telling the Beads
  • 50. Hailing Mary 000
  • Praying the Beads
  • 51. Having a Word with Mary 000
  • Befriending Mary
  • 52. Mothering a Sinner 000
  • 53. Bending under the Burden000
  • 54. Meditating on Love 000
  • 55. Giving Thanks for Creation 000
  • 56. Giving Thanks for Redemption 000
  • 57. Giving Thanks for Justification 000
  • Epilog 000
  • If I Live to Be a Hundred
  • Division of Chapters
  • Selected Bibliography 000.
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