Table of Contents

BOOK ONE: THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE OF THE SOUL

• Chapter 1: IMITATING CHRIST AND DESPISING ALL VANITIES ON EARTH


• Chapter 2: HAVING A HUMBLE OPINION OF SELF


• Chapter 3: THE DOCTRINE OF TRUTH


• Chapter 4: PRUDENCE IN ACTION


• Chapter 5: READING THE HOLY SCRIPTURE


• Chapter 6: UNBRIDLED AFFECTIONS


• Chapter 7: AVOIDING FALSE HOPE AND PRIDE


• Chapter 8: SHUNNING OVER-FAMILIARITY


• Chapter 9: OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION


• Chapter 10: AVOIDING IDLE TALK


• Chapter 11: ACQUIRING PEACE AND ZEAL FOR PERFECTION


• Chapter 12: THE VALUE OF ADVERSITY


• Chapter 13: RESISTING TEMPTATION


• Chapter 14: AVOIDING RASH JUDGEMENTS


• Chapter 15: WORKS DONE IN CHARITY


• Chapter 16: BEARING WITH THE FAULTS OF OTHERS


• Chapter 17: MONASTIC LIFE


• Chapter 18: THE EXAMPLE SET US BY THE HOLY FATHERS

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Text is from Cyber Books
Footnotes are from: Tylenda, Joseph N., Translator; The Imitation of Christ;Vintage Spiritual Classics; New York; 1998.