The Confessions of St. Augustine

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



Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Berber-Roman philosopher, theologian, and the Bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia (modern-day Algeria). He is recognized as one of the most significant Church Fathers of the Latin Church, whose writings deeply influenced the development of Western Christianity and philosophy.