Confessions / Saint Augustine ; Translated with and Introduction by R.S. Pine-Coffin

Book I: Infancy and Childhood -- Book II: Adolescence and the Sin of the Pear Tree -- Book III: Student at Carthage and Attraction to Manicheism -- Book IV: Teaching, Ambition, and Death of a Friend -- Book V: Disillusionment with Manicheism; Move to Milan -- Book VI: Inner Turmoil and Growing Influence of Ambrose -- Book VII: Neoplatonism, Realization of God’s Nature -- Book VIII: Conversion in the Garden -- Book IX: Baptism and Death of Monica -- Book X: Memory, Temptation, and Confession of the Present -- Book XI: Reflections on Time and Creation -- Book XII: Interpretation of “Heaven and Earth” in Genesis -- Book XIII: Spiritual Meaning of the Seven Days of Creation

"The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today."