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The Confessions of St. Augustine
Augustine of Hippo (354–430)
Translated by E. B. Pusey
19 chapters and parts · about 9 hours to read
What the book is about
"The Confessions of St. Augustine" by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine is an autobiographical work written between AD 397 and 400. In thirteen books composed as prayers to God, Augustine recounts his turbulent journey from a sinful youth to Christian conversion. He reflects on his immoral past, his time following Manichaeism, and the influential figures who guided him toward faith. Considered the first Western autobiography, this intimate spiritual memoir explores themes of sin, redemption, and humanity's restless search for divine truth.
This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
- Bishops -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography
- Catholic Church -- Bishops -- Biography
- Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography
Chapters
- Book Iabout 35 minutes
- Book IIabout 19 minutes
- Book IIIabout 27 minutes
- Book IVabout 35 minutes
- Book Vabout 33 minutes
- Book VIabout 39 minutes
- Book VIIabout 42 minutes
- Book VIIIabout 41 minutes
- Book IXabout 44 minutes
- Book XPart 1 of 3about 27 minutes
- Book XPart 2 of 3about 28 minutes
- Book XPart 3 of 3about 26 minutes
- Book XIPart 1 of 2about 24 minutes
- Book XIPart 2 of 2about 24 minutes
- Book XIIPart 1 of 2about 26 minutes
- Book XIIPart 2 of 2about 25 minutes
- Book XIIIPart 1 of 3about 22 minutes
- Book XIIIPart 2 of 3about 22 minutes
- Book XIIIPart 3 of 3about 20 minutes
The Confessions of St. Augustine, by Augustine of Hippo, translated by E. B. Pusey, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #3296, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.
