The Confessions of St. Augustine
Bishop of Hippo
Book 9. The New Life
Chapter
1. HE PRAISES GOD, THE AUTHOR
OF SAFETY, AND JESUS CHRIST, THE REDEEMER, ACKNOWLEDGING HIS OWN WICKEDNESS.
Chapter
2. AS HIS LUNGS WERE AFFECTED,
HE MEDITATES WITHDRAWING HIMSELF FROM PUBLIC FAVOUR.
Chapter
3. HE RETIRES TO THE VILLA
OF HIS FRIEND VERECUNDUS, WHO WAS NOT YET A CHRISTIAN, AND REFERS TO HIS
CONVERSION AND DEATH, AS WELL AS THAT OF NEBRIDIUS.
Chapter
4. IN THE COUNTRY HE GIVES
HIS ATTENTION TO LITERATURE, AND EXPLAINS THE FOURTH PSALM IN CONNECTION
WITH THE HAPPY CONVERSION OF ALYPIUS. HE IS TROUBLED WITH TOOTHACHE.
Chapter
5. AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF
AMBROSE, HE READS THE PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH, BUT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THEM.
Chapter
6. HE IS BAPTIZED AT MILAN
WITH ALYPIUS AND HIS SON ADEODATUS. THE BOOK "DE MAGISTRO."
Chapter
7. OF THE CHURCH HYMNS INSTITUTED
AT MILAN; OF THE AMBROSIAN PERSECUTION RAISED BY JUSTINA; AND OF THE DISCOVERY
OF THE BODIES OF TWO MARTYRS.
Chapter
8. OF THE CONVERSION OF EVODIUS,
AND THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER WHEN RETURNING WITH HIM TO AFRICA; AND WHOSE
EDUCATION HE TENDERLY RELATES.
Chapter
9. HE DESCRIBES THE PRAISEWORTHY
HABITS OF HIS MOTHER; HER KINDNESS TOWARDS HER HUSBAND AND HER SONS.
Chapter
10. A CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH
HIS MOTHER CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
Chapter
11. HIS MOTHER, ATTACKED BY
FEVER, DIES AT OSTIA.
Chapter
12. HOW HE MOURNED HIS DEAD
MOTHER.
Chapter
13. HE ENTREATS GOD FOR HER
SINS, AND ADMONISHES HIS READERS TO REMEMBER HER PIOUSLY.
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