The Confessions of St. Augustine
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Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest the proud: yet would man praise Thee; he, but a particle of Thy creation. Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart i…
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- AuthorAugustine
- SourceProject Gutenberg #3296
- Length111,773 words · 7h 27m of reading
- Chapters13
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
13 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01BOOK I
- 02BOOK II
- 03BOOK III
- 04BOOK IV
- 05BOOK V
- 06BOOK VI
- 07BOOK VII
- 08BOOK VIII
- 09BOOK IX
- 10BOOK X
- 11BOOK XI
- 12BOOK XII
- 13BOOK XIII
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