Confessions

Synopsis

Augustine's spiritual autobiography, tracing his restless journey from youthful sin and intellectual searching to conversion and faith in Christ.

Confessions is a central text in the Christian mystical tradition, offering insight into the spiritual life, the nature of divine union, and the transformation of the soul.

Selected Passages

You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new.

Grant what You command, and command what You will.

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