Confessiones by Saint of Hippo Augustine
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"Confessiones" by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine is an autobiographical work written between AD 397 and 400. Considered the first Western autobiography, this thirteen-book masterpiece chronicles Augustine's journey from a sinful youth to his conversion to Christianity. Written as prayers to God, Augustine reflects on his moral failures, sexual sins, and struggles with Manichaeism and astrology. Through intimate confessions and philosophical meditations, he explores how his restless heart found peace in faith,
guided by figures like Saint Ambrose and his devoted mother Monica. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Du Bois, Philippe Goibaud, sieur, 1626-1694 |
| Editor | Pusey, E. B. (Edward Bouverie), 1800-1882 |
| Title | Confessiones |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_(Augustine) |
| Credits |
Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 47.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Latin |
| LoC Class | BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity |
| Subject | Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 |
| Subject | Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography |
| Subject | Catholic Church -- Bishops -- Biography |
| Subject | Bishops -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 33849 |
| Release Date | Oct 10, 2010 |
| Last Update | Oct 13, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1859 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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