The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Outler)

by Augustine of Hippo

For other English-language translations of this work, see Confessions (Augustine).

Manuscript on vellum. Germany, first half 13th century.

Contents

• Introduction
• Testimony
• Book I - Infancy and boyhood up to age 14.
• Book II - Fall amongst bad companions, which led to thievery and lust.
• Book III - Studies at Carthage, conversion to Manichaeism, and continued indulgence in lust (age 16-19).
• Book IV - Loss of a friend and studies in Aristotle and the fit and the fair (age 20-29).
• Book V - Moving away from Manichaeism under the influence of St. Ambrose in Milan (age 29).
• Book VI - Moving towards Catholicism under the influence of St. Ambrose (age 30).
• Book VII - Moving towards a greater understanding of God (age 31).
• Book VIII - Conversion to Christianity and instruction by Simplicianus on how to convert others (age 32).
• Book IX - Baptism, the death of his mother Monica, and the death of his friends Nebridius and Vecundus, and his abandonment of his studies of rhetoric (age 33)
• Book X - Continued reflections on the values of confessions and on the workings of memory, as related to the 5 senses.
• Book XI - Reflections on Genesis and searching for the meaning of time.
• Book XII - Continued reflections on the book of Genesis.
• Book XIII - Exploration of the meaning of Genesis and the Trinity.