AUGUSTINE: CONFESSIONS Newly translated and edited by ALBERT C. OUTLER, Ph.D., D.D. Professor of Theology Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas First published MCMLV Library of Congress…

conbk13 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK THIRTEEN CHAPTER I I call on thee, my God, my Mercy, who madest me and didst not forget me, though I was forgetful of thee. I…

conbk12 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK TWELVE CHAPTER I My heart is deeply stirred, O Lord, when in this poor life of mine the words of thy Holy Scripture strike upon it.…

conbk11 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK ELEVEN CHAPTER I Is it possible, O Lord, that, since thou art in eternity, thou art ignorant of what I am saying to thee? Or, dost…

conbk10 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK TEN CHAPTER I Let me know thee, O my Knower; let me know thee even as I am known.1 O Strength of my soul, enter it…

conbk09 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK NINE CHAPTER I "O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds. I will…

conbk08 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK EIGHT CHAPTER I O my God, let me remember with gratitude and confess to thee thy mercies toward me. Let my bones be bathed in thy…

conbk07 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK SEVEN CHAPTER I Dead now was that evil and shameful youth of mine, and I was passing into full manhood.1 As I increased in years, the…

conbk06 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK SIX CHAPTER I O Hope from my youth,1 where wast thou to me and where hadst thou gone away?2 For hadst thou not created me and…

conbk05 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK FIVE CHAPTER I Accept this sacrifice of my confessions from the hand of my tongue. Thou didst form it and hast prompted it to praise thy…