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Saint Augustine
Book 1
The first book of the Confessions is mostly devoted to a study of Augustine's childhood, beginning with his early years.
There is an invocation in Book 1. In this invocation, the first question is how one can seek God when one does not yet know what God is. To put it another way, how can we search for anything if we are unsure of what we're looking for?
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Here, Augustine must also take his early religious issue into account. The baptism of Augustine, who was born to a devoutly Catholic mother (Monica) and a pagan father (Patrick), is postponed until he is older.
The main problem of Book 1 was his early teachers who meant well, but did not know the purpose of education.
Augustine states that his selfish acts as a young child were "startling even to the worldly set," and he lists them in a very brief list at the end of Book 1.
Autobiography
Was born on November 13, 354 CE.
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Parents: father Patrick (small-time land owner), mother Monica (lifelong Christian)
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After a conversion experience in his garden in Milan in July 386, he gave himself totally to the church.
Confessions
Blend of critical exegesis of the Christian Bible, philosophy, and autobiography.
The first nine Books (or chapters) of the work tell the account of Augustine's life, beginning with the events that occurred shortly after his conversion to Catholicism in the years 354 A.D.- 386 A.D.
The Confessions' final four books completely eschew autobiography in favor of discussing philosophical and religious topics such as memory (Book X), time and eternity (Book XI), and the meaning of Genesis (Book X) (Books XII and XIII).
It's also important to remember that Augustine used the term "confession" to refer to both an admission of fault and an act of praise.
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