Meditating on humility has been a long-practiced phenomenon in Christian circles since the advent of Christ himself. It is such an essential virtue because its antithesis is so deadly. Pride has been considered one of the vices by which all other virtues and pleasures can be poisoned. Achieving humility provides an excellent safeguard from the pervasive nature of pride, but it does not produce total immunity.
The Imitation of Christ is an old book, but the actual practice of imitating Christ is even older. Since the advent of Christ himself, people have been striving to live up to the example he set. Not only have the Christians been explicitly tasked with this process as the word Christian assigned to the disciples at Antioch originally meant "little Christ," but many others who looked upon the faith with favorable eyes have also looked to the Divine Palestinian carpenter for direction and guidance.
Thomas a Kempis Is an author and monk whose writings have deeply impacted those followers and sympathizers of the Christian faith. Thomas a Kempis an Augustinian monk, a scribe, and the author…