Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD. The work outlines Saint Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the title The Confessions of Saint Augustine in order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles. Its original title was Confessions in Thirteen Books, and it...

Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite.St. Augustine was a Christian theologian who greatly influenced Western Christianity and philosophy. St. Augustine's autobiography is still one of the most popular books on religion among Christians.

"For Thou hast made us for Thyself and our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee."As the son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his childhood torn between the two conflicting faiths and their opposing world views.When he was in his early forties, he wrote His Confessions, a remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography. In it, he provides an unbroken record of his development of thought and recounts how s...

More than an autobiography, The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition. A great work of Western literature, it recalls crucial events and episodes in the author's life, in particular, life with his devoutly Christian mother and his origins in rural Algeria in the mid-fourth century A.D.; the rise to a lavish life at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and ma...

This Halcyon Classics ebook contains Augustine of Hippo's 'Confessions.' One of the early church fathers, Augustine's 'Confessions' charts his journey from his sinful youth and Manichaeism to Christianity. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.

"The reader who has never met Augus-tine before ought to go first of all to the Confessions," reflected the Trappist monk and scholar Thomas Merton. "Augustine lived the theology that he wrote. . . . He experienced the reality of Christ living in his own soul."Saint Augustine, the celebrated theologian who served as Bishop of Hippo from a.d. 396 until his death in a.d. 430, is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers in the Western world. Written in the form of a long...

“Thou hast made us for thyself and our hearts are restless till they rest in thee..”St. Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature.Written in the form of a long prayer addressed directly to God, (for we have stumbled upon a human being at a primal moment: standing in prayer before God), Augustine's Confessions, the remarkable chronicle of his conversion to Christianity, endures as perhaps the greate...

“You are my Lord, because You have no need of my goodness.”Designed to show the details of the soul’s progress, from enjoyment of the beauties outside itself to a study of its own nature and finally to joy in the knowledge of God, ‘Confessions’ was the first work in literature to be concerned entirely with an introspective analysis of the author’s own spiritual and emotional experiences. Its original title was "Confessions in Thirteen Books," and it was composed to be read out loud...

Augustine of Hippo (November 13, 354 August 28, 430), also known as St. Augustine, was Bishop of Hippo Regius. He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province. His writings were very influential in the development of Western Christianity. According to his contemporary, Jerome, Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith" In his early years he was heavily influenced by Manichaeism and afterward by the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus. After his conversion ...

Macht had me moeten versterken.In plaats daarvan verscherpte het de honger.St. Augustine’s geeft nooit zonder iets terug te nemen—en na mijn toelating wil iedereen zijn pond vlees. De Raad cirkelt om de lege stoel van mijn vader alsof die al van hen is. De bepalende families herschrijven de allianties waar je bij staat. En hoe dichter ik bij kom wat mij rechtens toebehoort, hoe harder het instituut tegengas geeft.Want ze lieten me niet binnen om te winnen.Ze...

"Augustine never thought of God without thinking of his sin, nor of his sin without thinking of Christ."St. Augustine grates hard against "the anatomy of evil" while dealing succinctly and honestly with his own proneness toward sin. From his infatuation with its initial beauty to the discounting of his previously wasted life, Augustine leaves little to the imagination regarding his need to be saved from himself.Most of Augustine's Confessions are spent in a nearly ...

Ierland staat in brand... en op St. Augustine's is het vuur ontstaan.De universiteit ligt op haar knieën. Het bestuur valt uiteen. De oude families keren zich tegen elkaar, en de regels die hen onaantastbaar maakten, storten in real time in.De zetel die ze me probeerden te ontzeggen, is eindelijk binnen handbereik - zo dichtbij dat ik hem kan proeven.Maar macht op St. Augustine’s wordt nooit op een schone manier verkregen.Die wordt genomen. Er wordt voor ond...