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    Paula Fredriksen

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    At several points after deciding to join the catholic church in the summer of 386, Augustine framed current arguments-especially against the Manicheans-by referring to his own past. While these references can be appreciated as Augustine's "first confessions" (so O'Donnell 1992: 1.li-lvi), they bear only a superficial resemblance to Augustine's astonishing masterpiece of ca. 397. A brilliant and profoundly original work of creative theology, the Confessions combines biblical interpretation, late Platonism, and anti-Manichean polemic with haunting autobiographical narrative. Augustine's account of his past, which begins in Book 1 and shapes his narrative through to the close of Book 9, is the stylistic hallmark of the Confessions. It is what makes this work so unusual in its own period, so perduringly valuable to Augustine's later biographers, and so seemingly accessible to his modern readers. On the strength of this narrative, the Confessions has been hailed as the first introspective autobiography in western letters. In one sense, this description is apt. Composed as a prayerful address to God, the Confessions surveys Augustine's life during the 33-year period from his birth and early education (Books 1 and 2), through his years with the Manicheans, up until his liberating encounter with Neoplatonic thought in Milan (Books 3-7) and his resolve to enter Ambrose's church as a sexual celibate (Book 8), ending at the point when, shortly after baptism, his mother Monica dies (Book 9). Once this narrative section concludes, however, some 40 percent of the Confessions' eighty thousand words remain. After Book 9, Augustine's focus shifts abruptly from his past (ca. 387, when the "autobiographical" section ends in Italy) to his present (ca. 397, when the bishop of Hippo, resuming the qu

    The Confessions of St. Augustine – Maxwell Armfield 1909

    Confessions is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD.The work outlines Saint Augustine’s sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the title The Confessions of Saint Augustine in order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles. Its original title was Confessions in Thirteen Books, and it was composed to be read out loud with each book being a complete unit.

     

    Confessions is generally considered one of Augustine’s most important texts. It is widely seen as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written (Ovid had invented the genre at the start of the first century AD with his Tristia), 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.

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    • Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.One of the greatest explorations of sin, epiphany and redemption ever written, the Confessions of Saint Augustine continue to shape our ideas with their passionate declaration of the life-changing power of faith. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. This title brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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