The Confessions Meconi DavidPaperback
The Confessions Meconi DavidPaperback The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered one of the greatest Christian classics of all time. Just as his first hearers were captivated by his powerful…
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The Confessions Meconi DavidPaperback
The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered one of the greatest Christian classics of all time. Just as his first hearers were captivated by his powerful conversion story, so also have many millions been over the following sixteen centuries. It is an extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer that Augustine wrote as an autobiography sometime after his conversion, to confess his sins and proclaim God's goodness.
Her beautiful contemporary translation of the ancient Confessions makes the classic work more accessible to modern readers. His experience of God speaks to us across time with little need of transpositions.This acclaimed new translation by Sister Maria Boulding, O.S.B., masterfully captures his experience, and is written in an elegant and flowing style. Her translation combines the linguistic accuracy demanded by 4th-century Latin with the poetic power aimed at by