In 1997, when I was 15 years old and passing through those turbulent teenage years, my mom -inspired by God - wrote a Saint Augustine quote on a piece of paper and hung it on the fridge. When I just read that phrase (the Wolf, when flattering, hates; the pigeon, when arguing, loves) I thought: "Oh! This is so true!". It was a strong experience with the Truth. After that moment I was curious to know who Saint Augustine was. I looked for more information on an Encyclopedia and eventually came to know he had written a book called Confessions. One day, when I was in my grandma's house I saw this book on her bed. I immediately thought: "Wow, this book is here for me!" It was my "tolle et lege" moment. While reading this INCREDIBLE book God had brought me closer to Him. Since then my spiritual life flourished and now married and mother of 4 children I am a Pro Life and Family activist. How I am thankful to this man!!!! Saint Augustine, pray for us.
This book is far more engaging than I thought it would be. The only reason I listened to it is that I wanted to read the divine comedy, and I had to read this in order to understand some of the context. I'm glad I did, it is truly fascinating!
@@chocolateneko9912 Yeah, I've read the Aeneid as well, along with the Iliad and Odyssey. There is a great deal of background reading to do before you can read the divine comedy.
I subscribed immediatley, it is a great service to mankind to make these works available. Whether one agrees with the bibles historical account or not, believes in the miracles or and of the other hot debate topics between atheist and christian you can not dispute the fact that the bible and more specifically the Gospels and story of Jesus Christ provide a perfect template for living and conduct in the world. I think one of the great sins of the church is burying us in semantics rather than focusing on the true message as Jesus passed it down to us.
Actually, I can and do deny that the Bible and books like this provide a decent template for how to live. It's irrational nonsense from people who didn't know much about the world or themselves. This man Augustin hated himself for having sex. That's awful. It's nothing to hate yourself for. It's a perversion of Christianity that humans would hate themselves (or the actions) for savoring pleasure or enjoying sex.
It is great to have this freely available! However, the audio sounds as if it was spoken through a cardboard tube. Perhaps something might be done minimize this in the future, (e.g., finding another location in which to record which echoes less, invest in some sound dampeners for the room in which you record, or upgrade your recording equipment).
+Dking723 I am very glad this recording has been made available. The purpose of my statement was to provide feedback on all the work the reader had put into this recording. The critique was made for the benefit of him and his craft, not my benefit nor yours.
Strange to hear a northern English accent speaking on Catholic things. Its been too long since England broke from the true church.... I love to hear it :)
Áve María, grátia pléna, Dóminus técum. Benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus frúctus véntris túi, Iésus. Sáncta María, Máter Déi, óra pro nóbis peccatóribus, nunc et in hóra mórtis nóstrae. Ámen.
awesome still utterly relevant for today's seeker of truth adventure life...GOD questions which St Augustine pose in the first three chapters are wonderful childlike & the kind of use of the mind Our Glorious Father desires I'm involved and emotrional oh plus rich beyound understanding 2 an ego lead slave man! Weep for your Children Our Glorious Jesus said for the women as he past with the CROSS
It is a long profession of faith. Thus, the whole book is a real humble prayer by St. Augustine as well as inquire into the deepest mystery of existence. In other words, both deep gratitude of the heart as well as search for the truth of existence---all these on the light of GOD. In order to understand it, you need to humbly accept what the LORD asks and respond to it in prayer. It takes time but God is faithful and He will bring it home, right at the center of your heart. But our response must done in faithfulness. Only then we can understand that which is written, not just from mind, but of heart, where all it matters.
You do understand what "African" meant 1600 years ago right? You do understand just how large Africa is and the difference between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa right?
In 1997, when I was 15 years old and passing through those turbulent teenage years, my mom -inspired by God - wrote a Saint Augustine quote on a piece of paper and hung it on the fridge. When I just read that phrase (the Wolf, when flattering, hates; the pigeon, when arguing, loves) I thought: "Oh! This is so true!". It was a strong experience with the Truth. After that moment I was curious to know who Saint Augustine was. I looked for more information on an Encyclopedia and eventually came to know he had written a book called Confessions. One day, when I was in my grandma's house I saw this book on her bed. I immediately thought: "Wow, this book is here for me!" It was my "tolle et lege" moment. While reading this INCREDIBLE book God had brought me closer to Him. Since then my spiritual life flourished and now married and mother of 4 children I am a Pro Life and Family activist. How I am thankful to this man!!!! Saint Augustine, pray for us.
Amen. How awesome that must have been.
Great
Thank God not man
Jesus is God,Blessed be his name
God l miss 97. Back when life made sense
Amazing reading of this powerful text.
Amazing words of divine Wisdom. Plenty of Thanks to AC Outler and the one who made it through RUclips. God Bless
THESE WORDS LEAVE Me in Peace YET IN AWE
This book is far more engaging than I thought it would be. The only reason I listened to it is that I wanted to read the divine comedy, and I had to read this in order to understand some of the context. I'm glad I did, it is truly fascinating!
Read Virgil as well! since he is a main character in the Divine Comedy
@@chocolateneko9912 Yeah, I've read the Aeneid as well, along with the Iliad and Odyssey. There is a great deal of background reading to do before you can read the divine comedy.
@@abhac4294 Dante's other works are good as well such as De Monarchia, nice to see someone else into this sort of stuff :)
I am also grateful for your work in uploading this great book. God Bless
I subscribed immediatley, it is a great service to mankind to make these works available. Whether one agrees with the bibles historical account or not, believes in the miracles or and of the other hot debate topics between atheist and christian you can not dispute the fact that the bible and more specifically the Gospels and story of Jesus Christ provide a perfect template for living and conduct in the world. I think one of the great sins of the church is burying us in semantics rather than focusing on the true message as Jesus passed it down to us.
Actually, I can and do deny that the Bible and books like this provide a decent template for how to live. It's irrational nonsense from people who didn't know much about the world or themselves. This man Augustin hated himself for having sex. That's awful. It's nothing to hate yourself for. It's a perversion of Christianity that humans would hate themselves (or the actions) for savoring pleasure or enjoying sex.
Thank you st Augustine, pray for us,and say Hi and Love to our Lord and God
Recorded by Mark Barnes. (My favorite!)
Barnes does a great job.
Deep thanks for uploading this. You are "good" people.
Funny how some in previous comments found his voice a distraction. I really like his voice and find it to be an enhancement
It is great to have this freely available! However, the audio sounds as if it was spoken through a cardboard tube. Perhaps something might be done minimize this in the future, (e.g., finding another location in which to record which echoes less, invest in some sound dampeners for the room in which you record, or upgrade your recording equipment).
+Dking723 I am very glad this recording has been made available. The purpose of my statement was to provide feedback on all the work the reader had put into this recording. The critique was made for the benefit of him and his craft, not my benefit nor yours.
THANKYOU-KEEP-THECLASSICSFREE.-SAINTAUGUSTINE-CONFESSIONS
The audio is fine, on my system.
What.....?
I for one need time to ponder, examine and absorb each sentence individually.
What a powerful book! On a side note, can anyone identify the narrator's accent?
Claire Verdoorn British.
why is this monetized if it is a Librivox recording?
Because the RUclips channel here chose to monetize it. It's like picking up used aluminum cans and then selling them for cash.
disable monetization
Read by Martin Septim
it jumps at 45:35
where does it start "belatedly I loved thee..." Thank you
Strange to hear a northern English accent speaking on Catholic things. Its been too long since England broke from the true church.... I love to hear it :)
Thanks because I'm not reading all of these
This Augustine guy REALLY wants god to come inside him
Mi late grand mother use to say Idolatry is the root of all ignorace and evil worshiping of people dead or alive is abomination to the living GOD.
Áve María, grátia pléna, Dóminus técum.
Benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus frúctus véntris túi, Iésus.
Sáncta María, Máter Déi, óra pro nóbis peccatóribus, nunc et in hóra mórtis nóstrae.
Ámen.
Thine busteth in Duty!
Its a shame that a reader of such a classic cannot speak his ing at the end of words that require it
lmao in this segment of the book he literally criticizes people who place undue importance on the pronunciation of words
awesome still utterly relevant for today's seeker of truth adventure life...GOD questions which St Augustine pose in the first three chapters are wonderful childlike & the kind of use of the mind Our Glorious Father desires I'm involved and emotrional oh plus rich beyound understanding 2 an ego lead slave man! Weep for your Children Our Glorious Jesus said for the women as he past with the CROSS
iktomi5
Someone should help improve on the audio :)
And I peel off thy bust like elmers glue
I'm the 51,000 view exactly :D
get a life brother
I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS BOOK SOMEONE HELP
Me either I’m screwed haha. Someone help us xD
is it clear for you that it's in old english ?
Matthew McMahan Take it sentence by sentence and read your Bible alongside it.
It took me years to understand this. I will be brutally honest with myself; Shakespeare is hard for me to understand.
It is a long profession of faith. Thus, the whole book is a real humble prayer by St. Augustine as well as inquire into the deepest mystery of existence. In other words, both deep gratitude of the heart as well as search for the truth of existence---all these on the light of GOD.
In order to understand it, you need to humbly accept what the LORD asks and respond to it in prayer. It takes time but God is faithful and He will bring it home, right at the center of your heart. But our response must done in faithfulness. Only then we can understand that which is written, not just from mind, but of heart, where all it matters.
Thumbs up if cumtown brought you here
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41:24 Torrent of Human Course
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i've only listened to 6 minutes of this now but does he ever mention jesus?
Oh Lord Jesus for the cleansing of sins... maybe you should actually listen
as augustine says they have ears butt don't listen
god bless ewe all heb 6:66
your an idiot campbells soup
hahaahaha
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He was african btw j.s. p.s. Ty for this!!! P.s. #NATIVESPEAKS
You do understand what "African" meant 1600 years ago right? You do understand just how large Africa is and the difference between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa right?
@@JohnDoe-le8fy y’all do be understanding dat Augustine wuz kangz n sheit right?
John doe, you do understand that Africa is all ONE PLACE!! Period. They were ALL BLACK at one time before invaders.
Poor Augustine - no help from god at all!!