Some 50 years before the Reformation , Wessel met Thomas à Kempis ( about 1379 - 1471 ) , who is generally accepted as the author of the famous De Imitatione Christi ( Imitation of Christ ) .
Some 50 years before the Reformation , Wessel met Thomas a Kempis ( about 1379 - 1471 ) , who is generally accepted as the author of the famous De Imitatione Christi ( Imitation of Christ ) .