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The Confessions: Saint Augustine of Hippo (Ignatius Critical Editions) by Saint Augustine (2012) Paperback
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Published January 1, 1707
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Augustine of Hippo
3,335 books2,031 followersEarly church father and philosopher Saint Augustine served from 396 as the bishop of Hippo in present-day Algeria and through such writings as the autobiographical
Confessions
in 397 and the voluminous
City of God
from 413 to 426 profoundly influenced Christianity, argued against Manichaeism and Donatism, and helped to establish the doctrine of original sin.
An Augustinian follows the principles and doctrines of Saint Augustine.
People also know Aurelius Augustinus in English of Regius (Annaba). From the Africa province of the Roman Empire, people generally consider this Latin theologian of the greatest thinkers of all times. He very developed the west. According to Jerome, a contemporary, Augustine renewed "the ancient Faith."
The Neo-Platonism of Plotinus afterward heavily weighed his years. After conversion and his baptism in 387, Augustine developed his own approach to theology and accommodated a variety of methods and different perspectives. He believed in the indispensable grace to human freedom and framed the concept of just war. When the Western Roman Empire started to disintegrate from the material earth, Augustine developed the concept of the distinct Catholic spirituality in a book of the same name. He thought the medieval worldview. Augustine closely identified with the community that worshiped the Trinity. The Catholics and the Anglican communion revere this preeminent doctor. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider his due teaching on salvation and divine grace of the theology of the Reformation. The Eastern Orthodox also consider him. He carries the additional title of blessed. The Orthodox call him "Blessed Augustine" or "Saint Augustine the Blessed."
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An Augustinian follows the principles and doctrines of Saint Augustine.
People also know Aurelius Augustinus in English of Regius (Annaba). From the Africa province of the Roman Empire, people generally consider this Latin theologian of the greatest thinkers of all times. He very developed the west. According to Jerome, a contemporary, Augustine renewed "the ancient Faith."
The Neo-Platonism of Plotinus afterward heavily weighed his years. After conversion and his baptism in 387, Augustine developed his own approach to theology and accommodated a variety of methods and different perspectives. He believed in the indispensable grace to human freedom and framed the concept of just war. When the Western Roman Empire started to disintegrate from the material earth, Augustine developed the concept of the distinct Catholic spirituality in a book of the same name. He thought the medieval worldview. Augustine closely identified with the community that worshiped the Trinity. The Catholics and the Anglican communion revere this preeminent doctor. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider his due teaching on salvation and divine grace of the theology of the Reformation. The Eastern Orthodox also consider him. He carries the additional title of blessed. The Orthodox call him "Blessed Augustine" or "Saint Augustine the Blessed."
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April 8, 2025
The most beautiful book ever. Ever!!!
Augustine is a lover. In a sensual and philosophic way, in a spiritual way, and then in a way that loves the world in God which is a deification where God sees and loves the world through him (and us.)
The sinner turns and flees from God—who is everywhere. Only possible because free will in the personal soul creates an opportunity to cave in on self toward nothingness.
I am awed by Augustine’s Neoplatonism. He literally achieves Plotinus’ ascent to the One and sees God. Yet without Christ, he is weak and can only barely glimpse God for a moment. But In the shock of seeing God humbly incarnated, we too are humbled. United with Christ in the lowly, we are raised up with him to eternal contemplation of God. (See pp. 186-187).
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Augustine is a lover. In a sensual and philosophic way, in a spiritual way, and then in a way that loves the world in God which is a deification where God sees and loves the world through him (and us.)
The sinner turns and flees from God—who is everywhere. Only possible because free will in the personal soul creates an opportunity to cave in on self toward nothingness.
I am awed by Augustine’s Neoplatonism. He literally achieves Plotinus’ ascent to the One and sees God. Yet without Christ, he is weak and can only barely glimpse God for a moment. But In the shock of seeing God humbly incarnated, we too are humbled. United with Christ in the lowly, we are raised up with him to eternal contemplation of God. (See pp. 186-187).
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April 22, 2025
I know this will be a controversial review as everyone I know loves this book, but honestly… not my favorite. I think part of it could do with the fact that I read this for school and didn’t have adequate time to digest the deep significance. This version is definitely extremely helpful with all of the footnotes though!
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