Confessions Contributor(s): Augustine, Saint (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766108139 ISBN-13: 9780766108134 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: The object of the Saint was to illustrate the goodness and forbearance of Almighty God in bringing him, in spite of his loathsome manifold errors and infirmities, to this blessed haven of rest; that so others who were in the same state in which he had been, might not sleep in despair, and say, I cannot. St. Augustine speaks of his past sins in terms of strong condemnation, yet personally, of unconcern; as shocking in themselves, but as what he had no more to do with, in that he had condemned them, and they had been washed away by Baptism. |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Christianity - History - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 1270 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 7.9" W x 10.74" (1.78 lbs) 380 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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