Spiritual autobiography · 13 books
The Confessions
Confessiones
St. Augustine of Hippo 354–430A life recounted as praise: desire, sin, conversion, memory, creation, and rest in God.
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What this work asks
Augustine addresses God throughout, turning autobiography into theological confession. The work asks what a human life means when it is remembered under providence and drawn from restlessness toward praise.
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1- 01Book I · Chapter 1The restless heartAugustine, Confessions I.1.1 (Pusey trans.)3 minRead →