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For nothing, how little soever, that is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God.

Thomas a Kempis

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Thomas a Kempis
Died: 1471
Died: January 1
Catholic Priest
Clergyman
Philosopher
Poet
Theologian
Writer
Jacksonville
Florida
Thomas von Kempen
Thomas Haemerkken
Thomas Hammerlein
Thomas Hemerken
Thomas Hämerken
Malleolus
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas von Kempen à Kempis
Hämerkin
Hämmerlein
Nothing
Merit
Catholic
Pass
Sake
Sight
Littles
Soever
Little
Lenten
Without
Suffered

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