Confessions by Saint Augustine
'Give me chastity and continence, but not just yet!' Introduction The importance of Saint Augustine on Christian doctrine is hard for anyone to gauge substantively. His impact on the basis of Catholic thought in a number of theological avenues is similarly impossible to quantify. Many Christians from a wide spread of denominational branches joyously turn to Augustine to explain why they may agree or disagree with the positions he came to espouse and pen in his numerous works. His sheer written output speaks to the personal commitment he had to the Christian truth and to the tireless working of his mind. And yet for all of these titles and many more, Augustine himself was plagued by his own sins and faults before God. He credits none of these workings to his own ability but rather through Christ working in him. Most peculiar is his considerably late baptism, atypical for a well-renowned doctor of the Church. However, none of these facts about the man bring us any closer to the ...