Thomas Kempiysky ( Kempian , German: Thomas von Kempen , Thomas Hemerken ; ca. 1379 , Kempen in the Cologne Elector - July 27, 1471 , Windesheim Monastery near Zwolle ) - German Catholic monk, medieval Augustinian , copyist , writer and mystic , the alleged author of the famous treatise β On imitation of Christ β (written no later than 1427 ), a member of the spiritual movement βNew Pietyβ and a follower of Gert the Grotto and , the founders of the movement βThe Brotherhood of Common Lifeβ .
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Biography
Thomas was born in Kempen, near Krefeld, in the Cologne Electory, to the family of Jan and Gertrude Hemerken in 1380 . The surname refers to the profession of a father who worked as a blacksmith , in the North- Low - Franks dialect hemerken is a small hammer. Mother was a teacher [2] .
In 1392, Thomas, following his brother Jan, goes to school in Deventer in the Utrecht bishopric . He studied until 1399 and joined the movement "Brotherhood of Common Life" , which was a continuation of the movement "New Piety" Gert Groth .
Until June 4, 2006, his remains were in the chapel of the in Zwolle . Nowadays the resting place of Thomas the Kempis is the in Zwolle .
The work βOn the imitation of Christβ was first published in the Church Slavonic translation of Orest Nasturila on the territory of modern Romania in 1647, also translated into Russian at the end of the 17th century by the Belarusian philosopher Andrei Belobotsky .
Literature
- Thomas Kempiysky / BM Volodarsky // New Philosophical Encyclopedia : in 4 t. / Before. scientific - ed. Council V.S. Stepin . - 2nd ed., Corr. and add. - M .: Thought , 2010. - 2816 p.
- A. A. Kruming. Distribution in Russia of the Romanian-Slavic edition of the book by Thomas Kempinsky βOn the Imitation of Christβ (Book Materials) // Fedorovskie Reader 1979. M., 1982. P.153-187. (Includes an annotated list of 25 Church Slavonic and Russian translations and treatments). His much more complete bibliography on the topic is given in the appendix in the publication: Thomas Kempiisky. On the imitation of Christ. M .: Russian Panorama, 2009. P.240-285.
- A. N. Strizhev. Thomas Kempisky in Russia // Theological Works , 40, 2005, 368-384.
- AX Gorfunsel . Thomas Kempiisky translated by Andrei Belobotsky // Works of the Department of Old Russian Literature , 59, 2008, 339-351.
Notes
- β German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118642766 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012β2016.
- β Thomas Γ Kempis. On the Passion of Christ according to the four evangelists . - Ignatius Press, 2004. - P. 9β12.
Links
- "On the imitation of Christ" / Per. from lat. M.M. Speransky ( St. Petersburg , 1848).
- Thomas Kempinsky / / Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons. (82 tons and 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.