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The Confessions
The Confessions
Author: Augustine, St. Augustine
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 his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corrido...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192817792
ISBN-10: 0192817795
Publication Date: 3/7/1991
Pages: 311
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This is a Penguin Classic - a most distinguished publisher and series. Lot of food for thought and growth.
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St. Augustine's masterful biography. When he wrote this book, he was facing and responding to a growing spread of asceticism (self-denial) in the Roman world. This account is a search for truth by a sinner who became a great saint.


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