Confessions

The Confessions
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Author: Format: Manufacturer: Date: Pages:	St. Augustine of Hippo Soft Cover New City Press 1997 416

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"I see Sr. Boulding's work to be the English translation of The Confessions for years to come."
Rev. Edmund Hill, O.P., Augustine scholar

"A whole new generation should fall in love with one of Christendom's greatest works thanks to Sr. Maria Boulding."
Catholic Library World

“Boulding’s fresh new translation of this classic captures the essence of St. Augustine’s struggle to integrate faith and understanding as his heart seeks to rest in God.”
Publishers Weekly, RBL

"St. Augustine's Confessions has been mich translated: but it is no exageration to say that Sister Maria Boulding's version is of different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market."
Rowan William, Bishop of Monmouth

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Confessions, St. Augustine of Hippo

The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered to be the greatest Christian classic. St. Augustine's notorious life before his baptism raised questions about the genuineness of his conversion and it is his honest struggle with the faith which has given The Confessions such timeless appeal over the last sixteen centuries.

The Works of Saint Augustine - the new series from New City Press, in conjunction with the Augustine Heritage Institute, will provide the complete works of Saint Augustine for the first time in the English language. New translations, introductions and notes by renowned Augustinian scholars are included in the series which is foreseen to be 48 volumes. General Editor: Boniface Ramsey, O.P.

St. Augustine

Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 08/28
Tridentine Calendar - 08/28

Patron Of: Brewers, Eyes, Printers, Theologians

Also Known As
Aurelius Augustinus
Doctor of Grace

Memorial
28 August

Profile
    His father was a pagan who converted on his death bed; his mother was Saint Monica, a devout Christian. Trained in Christianity, he lost his faith in youth and led a wild life. Lived with a Carthaginian woman from the age of 15 through 30. Fathered a son whom he named Adeotadus, which means the gift of God. Taught rhetoric at Carthage and Milan. After investigating and experimenting with several philosophies, he became a Manichaean for several years; it taught of a great struggle between good and evil, and featured a lax moral code. A summation of his thinking at the time comes from his Confessions: "God, give me chastity and continence - but not just now."

    Augustine finally broke with the Manichaeans and was converted by the prayers of his mother and the help of Saint Ambrose of Milan, who baptized him. On the death of his mother he returned to Africa, sold his property, gave the proceeds to the poor, and founded a monastery. Monk. Priest. Preacher. Bishop of Hippo in 396. Founded religious communities. Fought Manichaeism, Donatism, Pelagianism and other heresies. Oversaw his church and his see during the fall of the Roman Empire to the Vandals. Doctor of the Church. His later thinking can also be summed up in a line from his writings:

        Our hearts were made for You, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in you.

Born
13 November 354 at Tagaste, Numidia, North Africa (Souk-Ahras, Algeria) as Aurelius Augustinus

Died
28 August 430 at Hippo

Canonized
Pre-Congregation

Patronage
    brewers
    Bridgeport, Connecticut, diocese of
    Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
    Ida, Philippines, diocese of
    Isleta Indian Pueblo
    Kalamazoo Michigan, diocese of
    printers
    Saint Augustine, Florida, city of
    Saint Augustine, Florida, diocese of
    sore eyes
    Superior, Wisconsin, diocese of
    theologians
    Tucson, Arizona, diocese of
    Valletta, Malta

All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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