The Confessions of St. Augustine
Bishop of Hippo
Book 6. Gravitating Towards Faith
Chapter
1 . HIS MOTHER HAVING FOLLOWED HIM' TO MILAN, DECLARES THAT SHE
WILL NOT DIE BEFORE HER SON SHALL HAVE EMBRACED THE CATHOLIC FAITH.
Chapter
2. SHE, ON THE PROHIBITION OF AMBROSE, ABSTAINS FROM HONOURING
THE MEMORY OF THE MARTYRS.
Chapter
3. AS AMBROSE WAS OCCUPIED WITH BUSINESS AND STUDY, AUGUSTIN COULD
SELDOM CONSULT HIM CONCERNING THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.
Chapter
4. HE RECOGNISES THE FALSITY OF HIS OWN OPINIONS, AND COMMITS TO
MEMORY THE SAYING OF AMBROSE.
Chapter
5. FAITH IS THE BASIS OF HUMAN LIFE; MAN CANNOT DISCOVER THAT TRUTH
WHICH HOLY SCRIPTURE HAS DISCLOSED.
Chapter
6. ON THE SOURCE AND CAUSE OF TRUE JOY, THE EXAMPLE OF THE
JOYOUS BEGGAR BEING ADDUCED.
Chapter
7. HE LEADS TO REFORMATION HIS FRIEND ALYPIUS, SEIZED WITH MADNESS
FOR THE CIRCENSIAN GAMES.
Chapter
8. THE SAME WHEN AT ROME, BEING LED BY OTHERS INTO THE AMPHITHEATRE,
IS DELIGHTED WITH THE GLADIATORIAL
Chapter
9. INNOCENT ALYPIUS, BEING APPREHENDED AS A THIEF, IS SET AT LIBERTY
BY THE CLEVERNESS OF AN ARCHITECT.
Chapter
10. THE WONDERFUL INTEGRITY OF ALYPIUS IN JUDGMENT. THE LASTING
FRIENDSHIP OF NEBRIDIUS WITH AUGUSTIN.
Chapter
11. BEING TROUBLED BY HIS GRIEVOUS ERRORS, HE MEDITATES ENTERING
ON A NEW LIFE.
Chapter
12. DISCUSSION WITH ALYPIUS CONCERNING A LIFE OF CELIBACY
Chapter
13. BEING URGED BY HIS MOTHER TO TAKE A WIFE, HE SOUGHT A MAIDEN
THAT WAS PLEASING UNTO HIM.
Chapter
14. THE DESIGN OF ESTABLISHING A COMMON HOUSEHOLD WITH HIS FRIENDS
IS SPEEDILY HINDERED.
Chapter
15. HE DISMISSES ONE MISTRESS, AND CHOOSES ANOTHER.
Chapter
16. THE FEAR OF DEATH AND JUDGMENT CALLED HIM, BELIEVING IN THE
IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, BACK FROM HIS WICKEDNESS, HIM WHO AFORETIME BELIEVED
IN THE OPINIONS OF EPICURUS.
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