THE CONFESSIONS by ST. AUGUSTINE [The Authoritative, Complete and Unabridged Edition for NOOK] The Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo ALL 13 BOOKS IN A SINGLE COMPLETE NOOK VOLUME! St. Augustine St. Austin Augustine, Blessed Augustine [NOOKbook]

THE CONFESSIONS by ST. AUGUSTINE
[The Authoritative, Complete and Unabridged Edition for NOOK]

The Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo
ALL 13 BOOKS IN A SINGLE COMPLETE NOOK VOLUME!

St. Augustine / St. Austin / Augustine / Blessed Augustine
[NOOKbook]



TABLE OF CONTENTS

Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8
Book 9
Book 10
Book 11
Book 12
Book 13


ABOUT THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written between AD 397 and AD 398.

The work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, as it was written in his early 40s, and he lived long afterwards, producing another important work (City of God); it does, nonetheless, provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. It is a significant theological work. In the work St. Augustine writes about how much he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and St. Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins, and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The book is thought to be divisible into chapters which symbolize various aspects of the Trinity and trinitarian belief.