Confessions of Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine
Confessions of Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine
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Confessions of Saint Augustine

Author: Saint Augustine

Narrator: Saint Augustine

Unabridged: 12 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2006

Synopsis

Saint Augustine's contributions to Christian theology are second to no other post-apostolic author in the whole sweep of church history. Yet along side his doctrinal treatises, Augustine tells a story of his life devoted to Christ as his only satisfaction. The Confessions is at once the Autobiographical account of Augustine's life of Christian faith and at the same time a compelling theology of Christian spirituality for everyone. Among the most important classics in Western literature, it continues to engage modern readers through Augustine's timeless illustrations and beautiful prose. Augustine's Confessions is a book to relish the first time through and then profoundly enjoy over a lifetime of revisiting. // This accessible and accurate translation of The Confessions comes alive with Simon Vance’s narration. Vance is an award-winning audiobook narrator with hundreds of titles to his credit, including classics by Charles Dickens, H. G. Wells, and Robert Louis Stevenson.

About Saint Augustine

Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was a Romanized Berber philosopher and theologian. A Latin church father, he is one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He is best known for writing his Confessions.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Murtaza on February 10, 2019

I suspect most people today would not imagine that they have much in common with a Christian saint who lived over 1500 years ago. Remarkably enough however if they read this book I think they'd find much to relate to, just as I did. The Confessions is the famous autobiography of St. Augustine of Hip......more

Goodreads review by Werner on October 20, 2024

Note, Oct. 20, 2024: I've just edited one sentence below to incorporate a point made by another reader who commented. As a first-semester college freshman needing an elective, I signed up for a speed-reading class. I never adopted any of the techniques the course touted, although I got an A in it; bu......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 16, 2022

This is an introspective book. In it, St. Augustine traces his spiritual journey — from the hedonism and materialism of his early youth — to intellectual pursuits of secular philosophy, academic success, and worldly wisdom — to attempting to reach God via alternative spirituality, a blend of false a......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 09, 2025

Confession is said to be good for the soul; and the Confessions of Saint Augustine of Hippo are good for any person’s soul, regardless of their religious or philosophical beliefs. There is something profoundly compelling in the rigorous, uncompromising manner in which Augustine describes the way he......more

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