9781598566390

Confessions

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ISBN13: 9781598566390

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Overview

Saint Augustine wasn't always a saint. He led a turbulent and licentious youth, and belonged to the fourth century equivalent of a street gang. At the age of 29, he met a young man, Ambrose, whose intelligence, kindness and strong faith fascinated and puzzled Augustine. Then at the age of thirty-two, under Ambrose's tutelage, Augustine converted to Christianity and went on to be one of the most influential Christians throughout history.Less than a decade after his ordination to the priesthood, he wrote Confessionsin his forties in 400 AD. He was a man looking back and looking forward, an apt simile perhaps for the role Augustine played in the history of the Church, that of a bridge between two distinct eras.Confessionstraces a pilgrimage of unbounded grace, passionately wrestling with the spiritual questions that have engaged thoughtful minds since time began. It is Augustine's utter candor about his own sin and his struggle to reconcile his mind and soul to God's holy character that made Confessionsthe classic that it has been for fifteen centuries and compelling to readers still today.

ISBN-13

9781598566390

ISBN-10

1598566393

Weight

1.27 Pounds

Dimensions

5.90 x 0.80 x 8.90 In

List Price

$14.95

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

360 pages

Publisher

Tyndale House Publishers

Published On

2011-02-15



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