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THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE IBD

SAINT AUGUSTINE
LES PRAIRIES NUMéRIQUES
09 / 2020
9782491251840
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Sinopsis

Confessionsá(Latin:áConfessiones) is the name of anáautobiographicaláwork, consisting of 13 books, by SaintáAugustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 AD.áThe work outlines Saint AugustineâÇÖs sinful youth and his conversion toáChristianity. Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the titleáThe Confessions of Saint Augustineáin order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles. Its original title wasáConfessions in Thirteen Books, and it was composed to be read out loud with each book being a complete unit.Confessionsáis generally considered one of AugustineâÇÖs most important texts. It is widely seen as the first Western Christianáautobiographyáever written (Ovidáhad invented the genre at the start of the first century AD with hisáTristia), and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout theáMiddle Ages. ProfessoráHenry Chadwickáwrote thatáConfessionsáwill 'always rank among the great masterpieces of western literature.'The work is not a complete autobiography, as it was written during Saint AugustineâÇÖs early 40s and he lived long afterwards, producing another important work,áThe City of God. Nonetheless, it does 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, featuring spiritual meditations and insights.In the work, Augustine writes about how much he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following theáManichaeanáreligion and believing ináastrology. He writes about his friendáNebridiusâÇÖs role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and SaintáAmbroseâÇÖs role in his conversion to Christianity. The first nine books are autobiographical and the last four are commentary and significantly more philosophical. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God, thus the title, based on theáPsalms of David, and it begins with 'For Thou hast made us for Thyself and our hearts are restless till they rest in Thee.'áThe work is thought to be divisible into books which symbolize various aspects of the Trinity and trinitarian belief.

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