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Confessions – Penguin Classics
Augustine, R. S. Pine-Coffin
Paperback (29 May 2003)

Publisher’s Synopsis

‘Give me chastity and continence, but not yet’

The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. The Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recounts how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become one of Christianity’s most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also addresses fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of the faith today.

Translated with an Introduction by R. S. PINE-COFFIN

Book information

ISBN: 9780140441147
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date: 29 May 2003
DEWEY: 270.2092
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Sales rank: 9037
Number of pages: 346
Weight: 262g
Height: 196mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 22mm