Confessions
A searching autobiography addressed to God: Augustine follows desire, ambition and grace from his youth through conversion. Later books turn to memory, time and creation.
Saints & Biography
Original date: c. 397–400 (written)
Reading level: Intermediate
Reading guides
Source notes & edition details
Ascension Catholic Classics
Explicitly featured as a Catholic Classics podcast season. Follow the series page for guided readings and commentary; companion print editions may differ from other editions.
Bishop Robert Barron
Named in the published reading list; editions may differ.
Brandon Vogt
Work title matched to the published list. The listed edition may differ.
Fr. James V. Schall
Named in Schall’s signed “Signposts for Seekers” section of the symposium.
Fr. John Hardon
Explicit selection in indexed archive excerpt; edition may differ.
Joseph Pearce
Chapter 1 of Pearce’s Twelve Great Books (Ignatius Press, 2022), verified in the publisher-supplied public ebook preview.
Peter Kreeft
Named in the “Highly Recommended” section of Kreeft’s own site.
Taylor Marshall
Named in the New Saint Thomas Institute’s September 2014 reading plan. Edition choices may differ.
Kreeft’s lecture specifically recommends Frank Sheed’s translation. The free link here is the older E. B. Pusey translation, not the Sheed edition.
Explore the themes
conversion faith journey becoming ChristianBibliographic references
Original catalog editions
New City Press (2002), 304 pages
The Confessions, Revised: Saint Augustine (The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century, Vol. 1)
Simon & Brown (2011), 256 pages
Confessions