The Confessions of Saint Augustine </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>Books I-X</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Sheed, Francis Joseph</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">(1897-1981)</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Sheed & Ward</publisher> <dateIssued>1942</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>208tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>21cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The autobiography of St. Augustine of Hippo, written in Latin between 397 and 400 C.E. The work outlines his sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. Of the thirteen total books, the first nine are autobiographical and the last four are commentary. He shows sorrow for his sexual sins and writes about the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Francis Joseph Sheed</note> <subject> <topic>Christian saints -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Augustine, -- of Hippo, Saint, -- 354-430</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bishops -- Algeria -- Hippo (Extinct city) -- Biography</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">270.2092</classification> <classification authority="ddc">F818-S54</classification> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/5/16/91dt8WzGd7L.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/5/16/91dt8WzGd7L.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070638.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>