Confessions of St Augustine

Among all the spiritual, philosophical and theological works of the Fathers of the Church, none has been more universally esteemed in all ages or read with greater profit that the Confessions of St Augustine.  The Confessions cannot be considered as a book that narrates, but as one that edifies; the story not of a life, but of a soul; not a work of art, but a cry of repentance and love.  Thus, the Confessions can be called a magnificent soliloquy before the Divine Presence, or rather, as one writer puts it, "an epistle to God".

Catholic Book Publishing 1997. 

Revision of the translation of Rev J M Lelen Ph D