num_pages: 354
description: This translation is of the whole of the Confessions, not only Books I-X, which are Augustine's spiritual autobiography, but also Books XI-XIII, which are a commentary on the first chapter of Genesis and scarcely seem to belong to the story of his conversion at all. But with the profundity of their discussion of the nature of God and of Creation, of Time and Eternity, of Spirit and Matter, they shed vast light upon questions that had troubled him on his way to conversion and may be regarded therefore as a valuable Appendix to his account of that way.
language: English
title: Confessions : Books I-Xiii
titlecomplete: Confessions : Books I-Xiii
characters: Ambrose, Augustine of Hippo
genres: Classics, Christianity, History, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Spirituality, Biography, Christian, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 61269
series: Patrística
publisher: Hackett Pub Co Inc