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Confessions

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Confessions is the spiritual autobiography of Saint Augustine of Hippo, detailing his turbulent youth and profound conversion to Christianity. The work explores the soul's journey as well as the divine presence actively seeking humanity. Translated by Fr Benignus O'Rourke OSA, this edition features lucid prose and insightful introductions that illuminate Augustine's enduring philosophical and theological reflections.
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St Augustine's Confessions is perhaps the most important spiritual autobiography of all. Best-selling author, Fr Benignus Oโ€™Rourke, provides a new and luminescent translation of Confessions, his beautiful and eloquent prose shedding new light on the various shades of meaning in Saint Augustineโ€™s meditations and stories.

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A canticle to God, and full of psychological insights that might have been written yesterday, Confessions are the story of a soul, and also the story of God, and how he is constantly at work seeking us.

Confessions is perhaps the most important spiritual autobiography of all: it chronicles Saint Augustine's wild, dissonant youth and subsequent conversion to Christianity, as well as providing significant divine and philosophical insight.

Bestselling author, Fr Benignus O'Rourke OSA, provides a new and luminescent translation of Confessions, his beautiful and eloquent prose shedding new light on the various shades of meaning in Saint Augustine's meditations and stories.

Each book is prefaced with an introduction providing further accessibility and depth of understanding to this seminal work.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780232530339

Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 August 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd

Contributors:

  • Translated by Fr Benignus O'Rourke, OSA
  • Foreword by Martin Laird

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Fr Benignus O'Rourke O.S.A is an Augustinian friar and a member of the community at Clare Priory, Suffolk, and the bestselling author of Finding Your Hidden Treasure (DLT, 2010).

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