Confessions
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-4302005
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Augustine of Hippo's 'Confessions' recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today.
Main title:
Confessions / Saint Augustine ; translated with an introduction by R.S. Pine-Coffin.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 1961.
Collation:
346 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the Latin.
ISBN:
9780140441147 (pbk)
Dewey class:
270.2092
LC class:
BR65.A6
Local class:
270.20924
Language:
EnglishLatin
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BRN:
1129728
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