Confessions by Edmund Augustine
In a remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, Saint Augustine addresses fundamental issues of doctrine that remain integral parts of modern Christianity. The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle to become a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. Many of the prayers and meditations in Confessions are still fundamental parts of modern religion. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
This translation is already a classic.. This is largely because the translator has caught not only the meaning of Augustine's Confessions, but a large measure of its poetry. It makes the Latin sing in English, as it first did when it came from the pen of Augustine... Deeply rooted in the religious tradition of which Augustine himself was a principal founder, this translation is not only modern: it is a faithful echo, in a language that has carried through the ages, of its author's original passion and disquiet. -- Peter Brown, Princeton University.
Augustine; Translated by F J Sheed
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| ISBN 13 | 9780872201873 |
| ISBN 10 | 0872201872 |
| Titel | Confessions |
| Autor | Edmund Augustine |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 1993-01-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 336 |
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