Confessions (Penguin Classics)
When Saint Augustine wrote his Confessions he was facing, and responding to, a growing spread of asceticism in the Roman world.
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Religious Biography & Autobiography - By his own account, St. Augustine of Hippo (A.D.354-430) lived a life of sin... |
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Confessions (Penguin Classics)
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-14-2009
- A Journey for All to Follow
Last week I had the pleasure of finishing Augustine's Confessions for the third time--once for high school, once for college, and now once for my monthly book club. This is a book well worth a third read. Writing during the decay of the...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-13-2009
- AWESOME
I recieved the book way earlier than I'd expected and it was in really good shape.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-21-2009
- Life Changing
I first came across St. Augustine's "Confessions" when I was a freshman in college. It was a monumental experience in terms of both the content of his writing and the freshness and relevance of his writing style. After re-reading them...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-28-2009
- A Defining Book of Western Christianity
St. Augustine's Confessions is a classic. It is one of the defining documents of western Christianity since the fourth century. As such, it is a fascinating read. It sets forth the doctrines of original sin and human sexuality in ways...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-14-2009
- A Journey for All to Follow
Last week I had the pleasure of finishing Augustine's Confessions for the third time--once for high school, once for college, and now once for my monthly book club. This is a book well worth a third read. Writing during the decay of the...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-28-2009
- A Defining Book of Western Christianity
St. Augustine's Confessions is a classic. It is one of the defining documents of western Christianity since the fourth century. As such, it is a fascinating read. It sets forth the doctrines of original sin and human sexuality in ways...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-27-2006
- This bitter sea, the human race
This is an eminently Catholic book written by a sinner in his young age, becoming a singer of the heavenly pleasures of asceticism, growing older. It is a long masochistic call to God for forgiveness of his previous sins in order to get...
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