St. Augustine of Hippo (345-430AD) was an exceptional Christian Father and theologian who lived in the last days of the Roman Empire. A a young man he was a Manichaean Gnostic, but while living in Milan, the oratory of Bishop Ambrose led to his conversion to the Christian Church in 386. He settled at HIppo in North Africa, where he founded a community and became its bishop.
His Confessions vividly recount his intimate spiritual experiences in the search for Truth, which led to his conversion. his writing reveals an honesty and a marked lack of inhibition that make the work eminently readable.
This is one of the most valued books in the whole of Christian literature.
