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The Confessions of Saint Augustine, EPUB eBook

The Confessions of Saint Augustine EPUB

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The Confessions of Saint Augustine Saint Augustine - Confessions is an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, consisting of 13 books written in Latin between AD 397 and 400.

The work outlines Saint Augustine's sinful youth and his conversionIn this new translation by Henry Chadwick of what can only be considered a masterpiece of Western literature, the brilliant and impassioned descriptions of Augustine's colourful early life and search for spiritual satisfaction are accurately conveyed to the English reader.

Augustine's work contains many references and allusions that can hardly be understood without background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting.

The accompanying notes and introduction to this translation will therefore prove invaluable to the contemporary reader.

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