St. Augustine was one of the most prominent figures of the early Christian Church. In his famous classic, Confessions, Augustine reveals his struggles with temptation as well as his passionate love of God. The present book has extracts chosen from his Confessions that spotlight Augustine's wisdom and his mystical yearning for God, as well as his dissolute youth, his ascent to the imperial court in Milan, and his conversion to Christianity at the age of 32. Lively narrative and colorful anecdotes are here interspersed with passages of great poetry in praise of God. In the process of describing his own very human failings, Augustine also gave advice on how to live a committed Christian life. His view that happiness is not to be found in transitory physical pleasure, but in searching for the truth beyond the material world, is more than ever relevant today. In this modern illustrated sampling of the Confessions, St. Augustine's words are accompanied by beautiful medieval and Renaissance illustrations from manuscripts in the collection of the British Library.

ISBN: 9781586172237