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Confessions is generally considered one of Augustine's most important texts. It is widely seen as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages. Professor Henry Chadwick wrote that Confessions will "always rank among the great masterpieces of western literature."
The work is not a complete autobiography, as it was written during Saint Augustine's early 40s and he lived long afterwards, producing another important work, The City of God. Nonetheless, it does provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. It is a significant theological work, featuring spiritual meditations and insights.
In the work, Augustine writes about how he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about his friend Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and Saint Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. The first nine books are autobiographical and the last four are commentary and significantly more philosophical. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God, thus the title, based on the Psalms of David; and it begins with "For Thou hast made us for Thyself and our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee." The work is thought to be divisible into books which symbolize various aspects of the Trinity and trinitarian belief.
Tertullian - On Shows and On Patience
Banquet of the Ten Virgins (Methodius)
On the Life of St. Martin (Sulpitius Severus)
On Holy Images - St John Damascene
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lectures [2/2]
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lectures [1/2]
Lent Homilies from the Church Fathers
Orthodoxy - GK Chesterton
The Apocalypse Of Saint John (Knox Bible)
Acts Of The Apostles (Knox Bible)
The Gospel According To Saint John (Knox Bible)
The Gospel of Luke (Knox Bible)
The Gospel of Mark (Knox Bible)
The Gospel According to Matthew (Knox Bible)
On the Holy Spirit - St Basil
Confessions [1/2] - St Augustine
Eugenics and Other Evils - G K Chesterton
GK Chesterton - Two Short Essays
The Everlasting Man [2/2] - GK Chesterton
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