The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Signet Classics) by Rex Warner (PDF)

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In his 1500-year-old Confessions, Augustine of Hippo tells the story of his remarkable life, interwoven with his insights of endless wisdom. Noted Paul VI: ?all of antiquity?s philosophy converges in his work.?

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Editorial Reviews: Review ?The Greatest Father of the Latin Church.? ?Pope Benedict XVIaThe Greatest Father of the Latin Church.a aPope Benedict XVI About the Author Rex Warner was a Professor of the University of Connecticut from 1964 until his retirement in He was born in 1905 and went to Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a ‘first’ in Classical Moderations, and took a degree in English Literature. He taught in Egypt and England, and was Director of the British Institute, Athens, from 1945 to 1947. He has written poems, novels and critical essays, has worked on films and broadcasting, and has translated many works, of which Xenophon’s History of My Time and The Persian Expedition, Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian War, and Plutarch’s Lives (under the title Fall of the Roman Republic) and Moral Essays have been published in Penguin Classics.Martin Marty, one of today’s most respected theologians, is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, where the Martin Marty Center has been founded to promote public religion endeavors. His more than fifty books include Modern American Religion. He is a winner of the National Book Award and was the first religion scholar to receive the National Humanities Medal.

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⭐First, on this edition – I chose the Warner edition because it was said to be the most readable. I certainly found that to be the case. As to another reviewer’s critique of the forward, my edition of the Signet Classic contained a forward and afterward by Martin Marty, not the regrettable material she reviewed. Another edition perhaps?I do want to give a review of the book itself. I read through all of the critical reviews (3 stars and under) in all of the other translations/editions of this book, and couldn’t find a single one offering an evangelical critique of the book, which is why I am writing one.This is my second time reading the confessions. The first time I read for his philosophy – I was a philosophy major in college. This time I read closely and critically for his theology, and here’s why. I’ve heard conflicting reports – his book is on the “must read” book lists of even conservative reformed evangelicals. He is seen as a predecessor to Calvin and Luther was an Augustinian monk. Yet, I’ve also been told that Augustine is one of the key figures in the Roman Catholic religion. Which is he? Sad to say, a confusing mixture. Yes this book contains much that is heart felt prayer and confession to God. But what is at the root of Augustine’s understanding of conversion? Sprinkling the magic water on you, i.e. “baptismal regeneration.” He refers to it over and over again. I ended up compiling an index in the back of my book.”But I know that you, most merciful Lord, have pardoned and remitted this sin too along with any other terrible and deadly sins in the holy water of Baptism.” (177-78)”But this faith would not let me be at ease about my past sins, since these had not yet been forgiven me by means of your baptism” (184)He begs mercy for his mother’s soul on the basis of her good deeds and her baptism. (200)The account of his own “conversion” in chapters VIII and IX is confusing at best, and I would say more Roman Catholic and sacramental than the simple “repent and believe,” of the Bible. I’m not sure why evangelicals so highly recommend this book. Is it because his story of reform from sinful lusts to the Roman Catholic doctrine of Continence (p 172) is “inspiring”? Do his heartfelt expressions to God trump the fact that his very basis for these expressions is faulty? Are Reformed evangelicals so hungry to find someone in Church history that believed in the sovereignty of God that they miss the fact that he taught baptismal regeneration? I know we’re to chew the meat and spit out the bones, but when the meat is mere philosophy and the bones are a false gospel, it makes for a pretty unsatisfying meal.

⭐I first read The Confessions 20 years ago, and it made a lasting impression on me about one man’s journey from dissolution to salvation. St. Augustine writes candidly about his failures. It is sometimes painful to read an account that is so painfully honest and open. I believe thoroughly in reading the fundamental literature for any system of thought. Besides the Bible itself (which every Westerner should read), St. Augustine’s work is a valuable source of knowledge and wisdom in the Christian tradition.

⭐I purchased this book because I was seeking a translation by Rex Warner for my 14-year-old. If I had read the trashy foreword by Elizabeth Block, I would have found another version instead. I am not sure why Ms. Block feels the need to saddle the readers of St. Augustine with a glimpse into her own sex life. How does hearing about what positions she and her husband tried to conceive suitable for public consumption? Hers is not a confession, it is just drivel peddled without decency. I have ripped the foreword out.

⭐I had to get this book for literature, and did not think I would enjoy reading it, but found that this book is very intriguing.

⭐How much did Elizabeth Block pay the publisher to get herself noticed, or is it exhibited, along side St. Augustine? My one star rating is far greater than her personal musings deserve. But with her pages ripped out, as suggested, Rex Warner’s translation and Martin Marty’s observation in an afterword should get a five star rating with standing applause.

⭐Great!

⭐just amazing, time changes but people don’t change very much.

⭐I proceeded with the unfortunate undertaking of reading Block’s forward despite having read reviews suggesting to literally rip it out of the book. I should really become a better listener.I’m disappointed that Signet would assign enough importance to such an unrelated and disconnected collection of dribble as to have it included as a forward to Augustine’s confessions.I understand the challenges of infertility. I may have a pea-sized intellect when compared to Mrs. Block’s, but attributing God-like attributes to a zygote and writing about a mini sexual revolution focused on conception in no way compares to the spiritual awaking of one of the greatest theological minds to ever exist.If you have this version, SKIP THE FORWARD.

⭐In this pandemic time, better read the books of the Roman Catholic forefathers and fathers. The Confessions is seeing the future of sinners like all of us. I salute the people involved in producing this book from cover to cover.

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