The Confessions of Saint Augustine is one of the most influential works in Western philosophy and Christian theology. This profound autobiographical text, written by Saint Augustine of Hippo in the 4th century, recounts his journey from a life of indulgence and sin to spiritual awakening and conversion to Christianity. Rich in introspection, theology, and moral reflection, Augustine's Confessions deeply explore the human soul, sin, and redemption. This timeless work offers profound insight...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In his masterwork The City of God, Saint Augustine of Hippo asks what human beings love and what kind of city that love creates. Augustine’s great claim is that two cities run through history: the earthly city seeks peace through self-love and domination, while the City of God lives by love of God and hopes for a peace no empire can secure. Born in 354 in Roman North Africa, Augustine became bishop of Hippo, where refugees from Rome’s s...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.For the Christian who can recite the Trinity but cannot see what the doctrine has to do with prayer, Augustine makes the mystery personal. On the Trinity is the great Christian work that turns from Scripture's witness to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit toward the listener's own acts of remembering, understanding, and loving. There, within the mind, Augustine finds an image of God—then refuses to mistake the image for God Himself. That refu...

Saint Augustine is one of the most important Church Fathers. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Christianity. He is recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran churches, and the Anglican Communion. Additionally, he is a preeminent Doctor of the Church and the patron of the Augustinians. Augustine was one of the most prolific Christian authors, with more than one hundred surviving works. Among his most renowned works...

Augustine's writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.His masterpieces has spawned innumerable other books and articles since. Later philosophers and theologians have been deeply influenced by The City of God, with its impact being felt from literatu...

"The Confessions" is often considered one of Augustine's most famous and enduring works. It is written in the form of a prayerful autobiography and is a deeply introspective exploration of his life, his sins, his conversion to Christianity, and his reflections on the nature of God, human existence, and the human soul.Augustine chronicles his struggles with faith, his intellectual pursuits, and his experiences with worldly pleasures. He details his transformation from a life of moral ambigu...

First published in the first part of the 5th century A.D., “The City of God” is Saint Augustine’s highly influential work of Christian philosophy. This expansive theological work provided an articulate defense of Christianity against the claims that it lead to the downfall of Rome in the years preceding its publication. It outlines a citizenship that goes beyond the worldly, the political, and the self-centered, instead focusing on a place where the inhabitants are devout, God-focused, and...

Boulding's fresh new translation of this classic captures the essence of Augustine's struggle to integrate faith and understanding as his heart seeks to rest in God. Publishers Weekly RBL Augustine's Confessions has been much translated: but it is no exaggeration to say that Sister Maria Boulding's version is of different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market. Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury.

Written in the early 5th century by Augustine of Hippo, who later became a Doctor of the Church, this large theological work provided an articulate defense of Christianity when it was being held culpable for the shocking sack of Rome that had occurred just a few years before. It outlines a citizenship that goes beyond the worldly, the political, and the self-centered, instead focusing on a place where the inhabitants are devout, God-focused, and seeking grace. In examining history with a c...

Heartfelt, incisive, and timeless, The Confessions of Saint Augustine has captivated readers for more than fifteen hundred years. Retelling the story of his long struggle with faith and ultimate conversion -- the first such spiritual memoir ever recorded -- Saint Augustine traces a story of sin, regret, and redemption that is both deeply personal and, at the same time, universal.Starting with his early life, education, and youthful indiscretions, and following his ascent t...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

According to Wikipedia: Aurelius Augustinus, Augustine of Hippo, or Saint Augustine (354 - 430) was a philosopher and theologian, and was bishop of the North African city of Hippo Regius for the last third of his life. Augustine is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity, and is considered to be one of the church fathers. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. ...Born in present day Algeria as the eldest son of Saint Monica, he was educate...