The Confessions of St. AugustineCosimo, Inc., 2006 M11 1 - 212 pages Aurelius Augustinus, aka SAINT AUGUSTINE (354-430) was bishop of Hippo, today called Bona, in Algeria. Before his conversion to Christianity, however, he lead a wild and licentious youth in Carthage and later studied philosophy for years in Milan. His Confessions, in which he begs forgiveness from God for his sins and sets himself entirely to devotion to God, is not only a foundational work of Western theology, it is also one of the earliest autobiographies, offering keen insight into the workings of the medieval mind. ALSO AVAILABLE FROM COSIMO CLASSICS: Saint Augustine's "The City of God" Translator and British clergyman EDWARD BOUVERIE PUSEY (1800-1882) was one of the most influential figures in the Anglican church in the 19th century, formulated theology and doctrine that radically altered the practice of Christianity in England. |
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... seemed to hang over me after my boyhood ! These my mother foresaw ; and preferred to ex- pose to them the clay whence I might afterwards be moulded , than the very cast , when made . In boyhood itself , however ( so much less dreaded ...
... seemed to hang over me after my boyhood ! These my mother foresaw ; and preferred to ex- pose to them the clay whence I might afterwards be moulded , than the very cast , when made . In boyhood itself , however ( so much less dreaded ...
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... seemed to me womanish advices , which I should blush to obey . But they were Thine , and I knew it not : and I thought Thou wert silent and that it was she who spake ; by whom Thou wert not silent unto me ; and in her wast despised by ...
... seemed to me womanish advices , which I should blush to obey . But they were Thine , and I knew it not : and I thought Thou wert silent and that it was she who spake ; by whom Thou wert not silent unto me ; and in her wast despised by ...
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... seemed to be pur- chasing with my mother's allowances , in that my nineteenth year , my father being dead two years before ) , not to sharpen my tongue did I employ that book ; nor did it infuse into me its style , but its matter . How ...
... seemed to be pur- chasing with my mother's allowances , in that my nineteenth year , my father being dead two years before ) , not to sharpen my tongue did I employ that book ; nor did it infuse into me its style , but its matter . How ...
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... seemed to me unworthy to be compared to the stateliness of Tully : for my swelling pride shrunk from their lowliness , nor could my sharp wit pierce the interior thereof . Yet were they such as would grow up in a little one . But I ...
... seemed to me unworthy to be compared to the stateliness of Tully : for my swelling pride shrunk from their lowliness , nor could my sharp wit pierce the interior thereof . Yet were they such as would grow up in a little one . But I ...
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... seemed to myself to be making towards it ; because as yet I knew not that evil was nothing but a priva- tion of good , until at last a thing ceases altogether to be ; which how should I see , the sight of whose eyes reached only to ...
... seemed to myself to be making towards it ; because as yet I knew not that evil was nothing but a priva- tion of good , until at last a thing ceases altogether to be ; which how should I see , the sight of whose eyes reached only to ...
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THE FOURTH BOOK | 47 |
THE FIFTH BOOK | 65 |
THE SIXTH BOOK | 82 |
THE SEVENTH BOOK | 102 |
THE EIGHTH BOOK | 123 |
THE NINTH BOOK | 144 |
THE TENTH BOOK | 167 |
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Page 96 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If, therefore, ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches ? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Page 25 - He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord : but he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
Page 150 - But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive : for the Spirit was not yet given ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Page 159 - ... eye hath not seen, nor ear " heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to
Page 143 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 34 - TO CARTHAGE I came, where there sang all around me in my ears a cauldron of unholy loves. I loved not yet, yet I loved to love, and out of a deep-seated want, I hated myself for wanting not. I sought what I might love, in love with loving, and safety I hated, and a way without snares.
Page 145 - Lord, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the son of Thy handmaid : Thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 143 - Master, all these have I observed from my youth. 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me.