The Confessions

Name: The Confessions
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Saint Augustine
ISBN: 9781982715304

Author: Saint Augustine

Narrator: Teresa Griffiths

Unabridged: 11 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Author's Republic

Published: 07/16/2018

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, Religion, Christianity, Religious, Christian, Inspirational, Nonfiction, Literary Collections, Ancient, Philosophy, History & Surveys, Catholic, Saints & Sainthood

Synopsis

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered the all time number one Christian classic. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer. Augustine was probably forty-three when he began this endeavor. He had been a baptized Catholic for ten years, a priest for six, and a bishop for only two. His pre-baptismal life raised questions in the community. Was his conversion genuine? The first hearers were captivated, as many millions have been over the following sixteen centuries. His experience of God speaks to us across time with little need of transpositions. This new translation masterfully captures his experience.

About Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was a Romanized Berber philosopher and theologian. A Latin church father, he is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He is best known for writing his Confessions.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Murtaza on February 10, 2019

I suspect most people today would not imagine that they have much in common with a Christian saint who lived over 1500 years ago. Remarkably enough however if they read this book I think they'd find much to relate to, just as I did. The Confessions is the famous autobiography of St. Augustine of Hip......more

Goodreads review by Werner on October 20, 2024

Note, Oct. 20, 2024: I've just edited one sentence below to incorporate a point made by another reader who commented. As a first-semester college freshman needing an elective, I signed up for a speed-reading class. I never adopted any of the techniques the course touted, although I got an A in it; bu......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 16, 2022

This is an introspective book. In it, St. Augustine traces his spiritual journey — from the hedonism and materialism of his early youth — to intellectual pursuits of secular philosophy, academic success, and worldly wisdom — to attempting to reach God via alternative spirituality, a blend of false a......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 09, 2025

Confession is said to be good for the soul; and the Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo are good for any person’s soul, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs. There is something profoundly compelling in the rigorous, uncompromising manner in which Augustine describes the way he......more