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This large print edition of St Augustine's "Confessions" is printed on high quality paper in an easy-to-read format.

... one flesh " ? Whilst Scripture , in the Book of Genesis , was speaking of Adam and Eve , it came to these words , " Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother , and shall cleave to his wife ; and they two shall be one flesh . " 1 ...

Her beautiful contemporary translation of the ancient Confessions makes the classic work more accessible to modern readers.

The work outlines Saint Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity.

... descent of His angels in whom He dwells; so that the following words, "And the Lord God said, Behold, they are all ... descent of the Lord" was accomplished. For if He had already gone down, why does He say, "Come, and let us go down and ...

... you . Call upon Him , say to Him , Thou hast praise , and of this our own exposition , -that called us , we call upon Thee ... shall be my disciples indeed ; and ye shall know the truth , and the truth shall set you free . " What means that- ...

... the eleventh , which must happen in the very time of Antichrist . I do not ... the eleventh and last shall be inflicted by Antichrist . They reckon as the ... plague , in which the Egyptians , while following the Hebrews with hostility ...

... the eleventh , > which must happen in the very time of Antichrist . - I do ... the eleventh and last shall be inflicted by Antichrist . They reckon as the ... plague , in which the Egyptians , while following the Hebrews with hostility ...

... the eleventh , which must happen in the very time of Antichrist . I do not ... the eleventh and last shall be inflicted by Antichrist . They reckon as the ... plague , in which the Egyptians , while following the Hebrews with hostility ...

You've heard his name--now read his classic spiritual autobiography. Here is St. Augustine's "Confessions, " an important and powerful book abridged and updated for today's reader.

... dragons , and say , ' Great is the Lord Who made these , ' then the dragons praise God by your voices . Dragons and all abysses . 10. Fire , hail , snow , ice , wind of storms , which do His ver . 8 . word . Wherefore added he here ...

Recalls crucial events in the author's life, including his origins in rural Algeria, his lavish lifestyle in Milan, his struggle with sexual desires, his eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage, and the recovery of his ...

" The work is thought to be divisible into books which symbolize various aspects of the Trinity and trinitarian belief.

Reproduction of the original.

The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine

We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public.

This volume, which aims to be usable by students who are new to Augustine, alerts readers to the verbal echoes and allusions of Augustine's brilliant and varied Latin, and explains his theological and philosophical questioning of what God ...

Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between AD 397 and 400.The work outlines Saint Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to ...

The Confessions of Saint Augustine By Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

... God, since Rom 13:1 maintains that there is no power except from God; on the other hand, the gift of the power does ... 4, wills that all be saved? Augustine proposes as a somewhat tentative answer that the free choice we have received from ...

... Saturn dared to prohibit the worship of a second deity . He did not venture to interdict the worship even of this very Jupiter , who is said to have expelled him from his kingdom , -the son thus expelling the father . And if Jupiter ...

... Saturn , say they , is length of time.1 There- fore they who worship Saturn worship Time ; and it is insinu- ated that Jupiter , the king of the gods , was born of Time . For is anything unworthy said when Jupiter and Juno are said to ...

The Essential Augustine contains selected passages from about forty key works by St. Augustine of Hippo, nearly half of which were specifically translated for this collection.

... the visible light be naturally more allied to visible filth : how much less therefore could the Word of God , Which is neither corporeal nor visible , be polluted out of a female body , where It assumed human flesh together with soul ...

... one flesh ; " concerning which very subject He ex- pressly said Himself , " So then they are no more twain , but one flesh . " To ascend , therefore , they would be wholly unable [ out of Christ ] , since " no man hath ascended up to ...

... sayings , and by turning unto a more gentle meaning , such things in them as they think to be said rather v . Civ . to excite terror than as the true . For God forgetteth not , 18. 24. they say , to be gracious , neither will He in His ...

... Dei filius est , con- sessu Dei dignandus esset , ostendit ; ut quia antea Dei filius , tum quoque et hominis filius esset ; et id quod tum filius hominis est ad perfectum Dei filium , i . e . ad resumendam indulgen- damque corpori ...

... a man like Judas ? 23 7. [ V. 5 ] The Lord is in His holy temple . It is in this sense that the Apostle tells us : For the temple of God is holy , which you are . But if any man violate the temple of God , him shall God destroy . " He ...

Here in one concise volume is St. Augustine's brilliant analysis of where faith and politics meet - casting a penetrating light on Roman civilization, the coming Middle Ages, ecclesiastical politics, and some of the most powerful ideas in ...