Confessions (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Aurelius Augustinus
- First Published: 1620
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Philosophy, Religion and spirituality
- Subjects: Religion, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Life, philosophy of, Greek or Roman times, Saints or sainthood, Time, Rome, Religious life, Carthage
Because he believed in the centrality of the Bible, Augustine interpreted his life according to his understanding of the Scriptures. The first 9 books of the Confessions concern God’s activity in Augustine’s life, both before and after his conversion to Catholicism. He attributed his earlier involvement with the heretical Manichees to a denial of biblical truth and his conversion to Catholicism to the scriptural explanations of Bishop Ambrose.
Augustine made it clear that nobody deserves God’s favor, not even children. “I myself have seen and known a baby who was...
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