...ecclesiastical scholars, that Thomas was not its author. The arguments against his claims are briefly these:— 1. The simple fact, that the only reason for ascribing...year of our Lord 1441, by the hands of brother Thomas ' & Kempis, of the monastery of Mount Saint Agnes, near ' Zwolle.' The same reason might make him author...

...CHBIST, and merely has attained that reputation from having attached to his copy the inscription, " Finished and completed in the year of our LORD 1441,...Brother Thomas a Kempis, of the Monastery of Mount S. Agnes." Nevertheless, his undoubted works, The Garden of Eoses, The Book of the Three Tabernacles,...

...scholars that Thomas was not its author. The arguments against his claim are briefly these : — " 1. The simple fact that the only reason for ascribing...consists in the epigraph, ' Finished and completed in th e year of our Lord 1441, by the hand of Thomas a Kempis, of the Monastery of Mount Saint Agnes,...

...Thomas was not its author. The arguments against his claim are briefly these : — " 1 . The simple tact that the only reason for ascribing it to him consists in the epigraph, ' Finished and completed in th e year of our Lord 1441, by the hand of Thomas a Kempis, of the Monastery of Mount Saint Agnes,...

...ancient The reasons for disbelieving that Kempis was the author of the "De Imitatione" are: — I. The " Epigraph" finished and completed in the year...Brother Thomas a Kempis of the Monastery of Mount St. Agnes, near Zwolle, which is the only reason for ascribing it to him, is similar to epigraphs on...