A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today.
St Augustine of Hippo, the great Doctor of the Latin Church, was
born at Thagaste in North Africa, in 354 CE. He was brought up as a
Christian but he was soon converted to the Manichean religion. He
also came under the influence of Neoplatonism. However, in 387 he
renounced all his unorthodox beliefs and was baptised into
Christianity. His surviving works have profoundly influenced
Christian theology and the psychology and political theology of the
West.
R. S. Pine-Coffinwas born in 1917. He was educated at Ampleforth
and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He died in 1992.
"[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct
language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength
intact."
-"Los Angeles Times"
"[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight
into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over
which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's
pages."
-Peter Brown, "The New York Review of Books"
"Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand."
-James Wood
"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural
erudition."
-"Chicago Tribune"
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