Confessions

The first great Western autobiography — Augustine's account of his restless search for God, and the first Christian classic of the interior life.

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Availability & copyright. This public-domain work is rendered in full on-site from Project Gutenberg eBook #3296 — trans. Edward B. Pusey, verbatim (structural formatting only).

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Topics

Salvation & Grace
Spirituality & Mysticism

The author

Augustine of HippoThe North African bishop whose Confessions and City of God shaped Western Christianity more than any thinker after Paul — theologian of grace, sin, and the restless heart.