Biography

Why is Thomas a’Kempis Feast Day July 25th? Maybe July 26th? Maybe May 3? Or how about October 9th? Do I add or subtract 10 days to this?

Tim Moore July 26, 2021

On the Feast Day of St. James the Less, 1471, Thomas a’Kempis (a.k.a. Thomas Hemerken) died at the monastery of Mount St. Agnes. He was 92. Thomas was born in what is now Kempen, Germany, County of Cleves ca. 1380….
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Copy That?

Tim Moore May 19, 2015

Thomas a’Kempis Hand Copied the Bible at Least Four Times! In modern parlance, when we say “Copy That!” we usually either mean that someone should take a printed document and photocopy it on a machine. Or, if we just binge…
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