Confessions
9781970184105
352 pages
1828 Press
Overview
St. Augustine of Hippo’s Confessions is an autobiographical work that focuses on the author’s conversion to Christianity. A foundational work in Roman Catholic belief, it earned the author recognition as a Doctor of the Church and an Ecumenical Father. For Augustine, “confessions” means not only confessing one’s sins of omission and commission but also proclaiming one’s faith
Author Bio
Augustine of Hippo (354–430)was profoundly moved by St. Anthony the Great and resolved to study St. Paul’s writings. His resulting conversion to Christianity in late 386 is described in Confessions. Augustine was ordained a priest in 391 and appointed Bishop of Hippo in 395.
