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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... Read Full Overview

In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates... Read Full Overview

This translation of Augustine's most popular work was done by Maria Boulding and is considered "of a different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market" (Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury).

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered... Read Full Overview

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered the all time number one Christian classic. Augustine undertook his greatest piece of writing with the conviction that God wanted him to make this confession. The Confessions are, in fact, an extended poetic, passionate, intimate... Read Full Overview

San Agust?n era del norte de ?frica, hijo de padre pagano y madre cristiana, estudiante y luego se dedic? a dar clases de Ret?rica, durante su adolescencia entra en conflicto con la moral cristiana. Pero la lectura del "Hortensio", di?logo hoy perdido en el que Cicer?n exhorta... Read Full Overview

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered one of the greatest Christian classics of all time. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer that Augustine wrote as an autobiography sometime after his conversion, to confess his sins and proclaim... Read Full Overview

"God is our home but many of us have strayed from our native land. The venerable authors of these Spiritual Classics are expert guides-- may we follow their directions home." --Archbishop Desmond Tutu Writing in the last years of the fourth century a.d., Saint Augustine of Hippo... Read Full Overview

One of the great works of Western literature, from perhaps the most important thinker of Christian antiquity, in a revolutionary new translation by one of today's leading classicists Sarah Ruden's fresh, dynamic translation of Confessions brings us closer to Augustine's intent... Read Full Overview

"For you have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you."

The Confessions of St. Augustine has a special place among the world's greatest books. As Augustine reflects upon his life in the light of Scripture and the presence of God, he reveals how you can find the way to rest securely in Jesus, discern good from evil, avoid false... Read Full Overview

Saint Augustine's classic autobiography exploring his journey from sin to sainthood--with an Introduction and an Afterword by Martin E. Marty and a Foreword by Elizabeth Block