One of the greatest works of ancient literature, St. Augustine's Confessions is a profound meditation on sin, faith, and the nature of humanity.

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You say, the times are troublesome, the times are burdensome, the times are miserable. Live rightly and you will change the times. The times have never hurt anyone. Those who…

De opera monachorum ("On the Work of Monks") was written about 400. This was just before Augustine wrote On the good of marriage, On holy virginity, and On the good…

Confessions by St. Augustine is the most well-known and influential Christian autobiography in existence. Augustine (354-430 A.D.), who was the Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, lived a wild, hedonistic…

The Soliloquies of Augustine is a two-book document written in 386-387 AD by the Christian theologian Augustine of Hippo. The book has the form of an "inner dialogue" in which…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

Extract from Augustine's "Retractations," Book II. Chap. 67, On the Following Treatise, De Correptione et Gratia. I Wrote again to the same persons another treatise, which I entitled On Rebuke…

The four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana, iv libri) are a compend of exegetical theology to guide the reader in the understanding and interpretation of…