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Recalls crucial events in the author's life, including his origins in rural Algeria, his lavish lifestyle in Milan, his struggle with sexual desires, his eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage, and the recovery of his ...
""The Confessions Of Saint Augustine"" is an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, written in the early 5th century AD. The book is a series of reflections and meditations on Augustine's life, from his childhood in North Africa ...
This work was written by St. Augustine late in his life with the intention of supplying a well-educated Roman layman with a brief but comprehensive exposition of the essential teachings of Christianity.