---
title: 'The Confessions of Augustine'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Greenough Thayer Shedd'
date: 1860-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Theological Method'
- 'Revelation (General and Special Revelation)'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Romans 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shedd-1860-the-confessions-of-augustine
---

# The Confessions of Augustine

Overview of Augustine's Confessions: a candid autobiography blending deep devotional confession with metaphysical theology—sin, conversion, faith vs. reason, and Genesis/Trinity exegesis.

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