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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
Christian biography.
Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
Christian biography.
Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
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Confessions
/ Saint Augustine ; translated with an introduction and notes by
Henry
Chadwick
.
by
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Oxford University Press, 2008.
Call #:
270.2092 A923co
Subjects
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
Christian biography.
Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography.
Series
Oxford world's classics.
ISBN:
9780199537822 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Confessions
: a
new
translation
by
Henry
Chadwick
Confessions
of Saint Augustine : a
new
translation
by
Henry
Chadwick
Confessions
of St. Augustine : a
new
translation
by
Henry
Chadwick
Description:
xxviii, 311 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Translation
by
Henry
Chadwick
first published as a World's Classics paperback in 1992. Reissued in 2008.
Translated from the Latin.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvii]-xxviii) and index.
Contents:
Early years -- Adolescence -- Student at Carthage -- Manichee and astrologer -- Carthage, Rome, and Milan -- Secular ambitions and conflicts -- A neoplatonic quest -- The birthpangs of conversion -- Cassiciacum to Monica's death -- Memory -- Time and eternity -- Platonic and Christian creation -- Finding the church in Genesis I.
Summary:
Confessions
(Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between AD 397 and AD 398. In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his "
Confessions
" is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood. Now,
Henry
Chadwick
, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first
new
English
translation
in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey.
Chadwick
renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make "The
Confessions
" accessible to contemporary readers,
Chadwick
provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent
translation
, and includes an introduction to establish the context. The religious and philosophical value of "The
Confessions
" is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations.
Chadwick
's lucid
translation
and helpful introduction clear the way for a
new
experience of this classic.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Chadwick
,
Henry
, 1920-2008.
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2
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