Confessiones (Confessions)

Augustine tells God the story of his restless youth in Carthage, the reading of Cicero's Hortensius that set him searching, his mother Monica's prayers and his conversion in Milan under Ambrose. The classic Pusey translation, complete in thirteen books.

Saint Augustine

Albert C. Outler's clear modern translation of the Confessions, with an introduction on how and why Augustine wrote it. It closes with the Enchiridion, his short summary of the Christian faith.

Saint Augustine

An inner dialogue between Augustine and Reason, written just after his conversion, on how the soul can come to know God and itself. Translated by Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, with an introduction and notes.

Saint Augustine