Confessiones | |
S. Aurelius Augustinus | |
St. Augustine's Confessions is undoubtedly one of | |
the most influential books penned throughout history. | |
Describing the great saint's long lifetime, from his birth, | |
to his pagan father and his devoutly Christian (and indeed | |
canonized saint) mother, St. Monica, the book recounts St. | |
Augustine's journey from mischievous youth to dissolute | |
adult to baptism and Christian life in moving and specific | |
terms. Presented here in its original language, Latin, the | |
work is a testament to the famous and beautiful passage from | |
its very first paragraph: fecisti nos ad te, et | |
inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te. | |
"Thou hast made us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, | |
until it rests in Thee." With nearly six dozen pages of | |
explanatory notes, an index of chapters, a thorough table of | |
contents, and Scriptural references marked off as they | |
appear in the text, this volume can be a treasure. 211 pp., | |
Latin. | |
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