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- catalog alternative "Confessiones. English".
- catalog contributor b3051614.
- catalog contributor b3051615.
- catalog coverage "Hippo (Extinct city) Biography.".
- catalog created "1991.".
- catalog date "1991".
- catalog date "1991.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
- catalog description "In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood. Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context. The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable --".
- catalog description "now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic.".
- catalog extent "xxviii, 311 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Confessions.".
- catalog identifier "0192817744 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0192817795 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Confessions.".
- catalog isPartOf "World's classics".
- catalog issued "1991".
- catalog issued "1991.".
- catalog language "eng lat".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Confessions.".
- catalog spatial "Algeria Hippo (Extinct city)".
- catalog spatial "Hippo (Extinct city) Biography.".
- catalog subject "242 20".
- catalog subject "Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.".
- catalog subject "BR65.A6 E5 1991".
- catalog subject "Catholic Church Algeria Hippo (Extinct city) Bishops Biography.".
- catalog subject "Christian saints Algeria Hippo (Extinct city) Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood. Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English.".
- catalog tableOfContents "We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context. The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable --".
- catalog tableOfContents "now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic.".
- catalog title "Confessiones. English".
- catalog title "Confessions / Saint Augustine ; translated with an introduction and notes by Henry Chadwick.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".