Kempis
Americannoun
noun
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Even 15th-century famous spiritual writer German Thomas à Kempis didn’t make it through the process.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2017
“It would be easier in many ways if the pope was African,” Mr. von Kempis added, “so scrupulously does he avoid any idea of favoritism.”
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010
Mr. von Kempis recalls a time when John Paul II was pope, and Cardinal Ratzinger organized a Vatican performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to commemorate some special occasion.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2010
"It was two years of no contact with the outside world, reading only the Bible and Thomas a Kempis," says Brown.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Thomas � Kempis spent most of his life copying sacred books it was assumed that he had merely copied the text of another monk's work.
From Comfort Found in Good Old Books by Fitch, George Hamlin
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