The Confessions
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- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 December 1998
Summary
Writing in the last years of the fourth century a.d., Saint Augustine of Hippo created what is at once the first true autobiography in Western literature and among the most sophisticated yet accessible theological arguments in the history of Christianity. With extraordinary candor and psychological acumen, Augustine recounts his passage from a life of sensuality, Manichaean superstition, and empty careerism to a genuine spiritual awakening, and he articulates views on marriage, morality, and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375700217 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375700218 |
| Author: | St. Augustine, Patricia Hampl |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 1998 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Vintage Spiritual Classics |
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St. Augustine
St. Augustine of Hippo, the great Doctor of the Latin Church, was born at Thagaste in North Africa, in 354 CE. He was brought up as a Christian but was soon converted to the Manichean religion. He also came under the influence of Neoplatonism. However, in 387 he renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptized into Christianity. His surviving works have profoundly influenced Christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the West.
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