The Confessions

[Confesiones]
Year: 
397
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Public: 
Moral assessment: 
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
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An autobiographical account of Augustine's tempestuous early life until his conversation to practising the Catholic faith enthusiastically. It provides a vehicle for the development of his thought, featuring deep theology and spiritual insights.

St Augustine was born in 354 and died in 430AD and is a Father of the Catholic Church. Not only it is considered to be the first Western autobiography ever written, but this forthright description of a sinful life forever changed by grace is one of the greatest works of literature the world has ever seen.

C.C. (U.K., 2016)