The Imitation of Clirist is widely considered one of the greatest manuals of devotion in Christianity. The life of Christ is .!2 presented as the highest study possible to a mortal, as Jesus' E teachings far excel all the teachings of the saints. The book ^ gives counsel to read the scriptures, statements about the uses " of adversity, advice for submission to authority, warnings « against temptation and how to resist it, reflections about death o and the judgment, meditations upon the oblation of Christ, and H admonitions to flee the vanities of the world. - (Summary drawn .1. from Wil