A companion to the confessions of St. Augustine
A companion to the confessions of St. Augustine
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Infancy and childhood – Sixteenth year – Sojourn in Carthage – Manichee and teacher in Thagaste – Augustine abandons Manicheism – Theoretical indecisiveness, moral groping – Encounter with neoplatonism : intellectual conversion – Witnesses, struggle, moral conversion – Baptism : death of Monica – Present state of soul – Reflections on scripture : creation, eternity, time – Understanding Genesis 1:1-2 – Allegorical interpretation of Genesis 1:2-31 – The structure of the church
