THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO GENERALLY CO

EAN : 9782385087739

AUGUSTINE ST.

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EAN13 : 9782385087739
Réf. éditeur : 251479
Date Parution : 20 nov. 2022
Disponibilite : Disponible
Barème de remise : NS
Nombre de pages : 288
Format : 1.60 x 14.80 x 21.00 cm
Poids : 376gr

Résumé

Résumé : The Confessions of St. Augustine stands as one of the most influential works in Christian literature. Written as a prayer to God, this spiritual masterpiece recounts Augustine's journey from youthful ambition and sensual desire to repentance and faith. He reflects on his early years in North Africa, his rise in Roman society, and his profound conversion under the guidance of divine mercy. With philosophical depth and emotional honesty, Augustine explores sin, grace, love, and the restless human heart seeking God. His reflections continue to illuminate theology, psychology, and spirituality. The Confessions remains an enduring guide for anyone pursuing truth, self-understanding, and the transformative power of divine love.
Biographie : Augustine of Hippo 13 November 354 - 28 August 430 also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions. According to his contemporary, Jerome, Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith".[a] In his youth he was drawn to the eclectic (and now extinct) Manichaean faith, and later to the Hellenistic philosophy/religion of Neoplatonism. After his conversion to Christianity and baptism in 386, Augustine developed his own approach to philosophy and theology, accommodating a variety of methods and perspectives.Believing the grace of Christ was indispensable to human freedom, he helped formulate the doctrine of original sin and made significant contributions to the development of just war theory. When the Western Roman Empire began to disintegrate, Augustine imagined the Church as a spiritual City of God, distinct from the material Earthly City.[ His thoughts profoundly influenced the medieval worldview. The segment of the Church that adhered to the concept of the Trinity as defined by the Council of Nicaea and the Council of Constantinople closely identified with Augustine's On the Trinity.