The Confessions of St. Augustine

The autobiography of St. Augustine of Hippo stands as a luminous pillar in its genre, moving the hearts of Christians for centuries. In The Confessions, St. Augustine speaks with rare honesty about the long aches of his searching: through temptation, doubt, pride, and the seductions of heresies, until at last he bends in surrender to the God he had fled in his youth. His words have shaped the thought and prayer of generations, from St. Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica) to St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Story of a Soul), from St. Ignatius of Loyola (Spiritual Exercises) to Pope Leo XIV. Augustine does not offer easy answers, but something rarer: the voice of a soul thinking aloud before God—wrestling, remembering, and finally resting in what he once resisted. And in this, his work will continue to guide readers who find themselves somewhere along that same path.  

This edition offers a new translation from the original Latin, rendered as faithfully as possible while updating the language for clarity and accessibility to the modern reader.