Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Westwood, N.J. : Christian Library, c1984.
Description
One of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition recalls crucial events in the author's life: his mid-4th-century origins in rural Algeria; the rise to a lavish lifestyle at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage; and recovery of his Catholic faith.
LCC
BR65.A6E5 1984
Awards
Prix Jules Janin (2008)
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (32 — 2009)
Original publication date
397
Physical description
197 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
0916441075 / 9780916441074
Other editions
The confessions of Saint Augustine by Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. (Paper Book)
Confessions (Fathers of the Church Patristic Series) by Augustine (Paperback)
The Confessions of St. Augustine: Modern English Version (Paraclete Living Library) by Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (Paperback)
The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Image Classics) by St. Augustine (Paperback)
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