Augustine of hippo has 884 books on goodreads with 168448 ratings. Semiautobiographical in nature and interspersed with prayer and scripture, the confessions of saint augustine reveal, among other things, the spiritual journey of one of the most important theologians in christianity. The work outlines saint augustine s sinful youth and his conversion to christianity. Both benedict biscop and ceolfrith had acquired books from the continent, and in bedes day the monastery was a renowned centre of learning. St augustine of hippo, the great doctor of the latin church, was born at thagaste in north.
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It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer that augustine wrote as an autobiography sometime after his conversion, to confess his sins and proclaim gods goodness. Confessiones is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting. Its original title was confessions in thirteen books, and it was composed to be read out loud with each book being a complete unit. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the confessions. Library of fathers of the holy catholic church, sermons on selected lessons of the new testament, v1, by saint augustine of hippo. Augustine, bishop of hippo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The work blueprints saint augustine s wicked youth and his transformation to christianity. Augustine has a special place among the worlds greatest books. The confessions by saint augustine bishop of hippo. Volume 1 ebook written by saint augustine bishop of hippo. In terms of translations, the sneed and the willis translation are good in my mind.
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It has been estimated that there were about 200 books in the monastic library. Confessions by saint bishop hippo augustine abebooks. Augustine in order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles. The confessions is at once the autobiographical account of augustine s life of christian faith and at the same time a compelling theology of christian spirituality for everyone. But it is precisely this, detailed in his book confessions which makes his story so relevant to us all. The act of confession grossly involves telling ones faults to. 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. From the first book we can see his dedication to some classic authors such as virgil.
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