Confessions of Saint AugustineSheed's classic translation of Augustine's Confessions. True to the original, and in a subtle and dignified English translation, let this be a cornerstone of your library. |
Contents
THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS | 1 |
THE SIXTEENTH YEAR | 20 |
FROM SIXTEEN TO EIGHTEEN | 30 |
FROM EIGHTEEN TO TWENTYSEVEN | 45 |
AGED TWENTYEIGHT | 63 |
AGED TWENTYNINE | 80 |
AGED THIRTY | 101 |
AGED THIRTYONE | 123 |
AGED THIRTYTWO | 143 |
CONCLUDES AUGUSTINES CONFESSION | 166 |
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abide Aeneas Alypius asked baptism beauty believe better bodily sense body brought Carthage catechumen Christ Church command concupiscence confess corruptible Creator death delight desire desire happiness ears earth error eternal evil eye of flesh eyes faith father fear Firminus flesh fornication give glory grief happiness healed hear heard heart heaven held hold holy honour images incorruptible knew learned light live Lord lust Manichean Manichees marriage matter memory mercy Milan mind mother Nebridius ness Platonists pleasure praise prayer punishment received rejoice remember Rome salvation Scripture seek servant sight Simplicianus sins sorrow soul sound speak spirit substance Tagaste teaching tears tell temple of Heaven Thee things Thou didst Thou dost Thou hast thought told tongue true truth unless unto utter utterly vanity Verecundus Victorinus Vindicianus voice weeping wish words