Book One: The First Fifteen Years; Book Two: The Sixteenth Year; Book Three: From Sixteen to Eighteen; Book Four: From Eighteen to Twenty-Seven; Book Five: Aged Twenty-Eight; Book Six: Aged Twenty-Nine; Book Seven: Aged Thirty; Book Eight: Aged Thirty-One; Book Nine: Aged Thirty-Two; Book Ten: Augustine's Confession of His Present; Book Eleven: In the Beginning God Created (Genesis 1:1); Book Twelve: Heaven and Earth; Book Thirteen: The Days of Creation; Index.
F. J. Sheed was co-founder of the publishing house of Sheed & Ward.
Peter Brown is the Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, Princeton University.
Michael P. Foley is Assistant Professor of Patristics in the Honors College, Baylor University.
"To my ears, Sheed’s translation is the most beautiful English
translation available. The same electric current that runs through
Augustine’s original can be felt in this translation, which
combines a slightly elevated style (more elevated in direct
prayers) combined with the immediacy and transparency of a street
preacher (not that different from Augustine’s own style).
The latest edition includes an introduction by Peter Brown,
the best biographer of Augustine, and notes and commentary by
Michael Foley, a truly excellent reader of Augustine."
—Jared Ortiz, Hope College, in Catholic World Report
"This translation is already a classic. It is the translation that
has guided three generations of students and readers into a renewed
appreciation of the beauty and urgency of a masterpiece of
Christian autobiography. This is largely because the translator has
caught not only the meaning of Augustine’s Confessions, but a
large measure of its poetry. It makes the Latin sing in
English as it did when it came from the pen of Augustine, some
sixteen hundred years ago. Deeply rooted in the tradition of which
Augustine was himself a principal founder, this translation is not
only modern: it is a faithful echo, in a language that has carried
throughout the ages, of its author’s original passion and
disquiet."
—Peter Brown
"Augustine’s sublime Confessions fairly ring with the
music of a baroque eloquence, lavish and stately. F. J. Sheed’s ear
for that music makes this translation a memorable opportunity to
hear Augustine's voice resonating down the years."
—James O'Donnell
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