This is a humbling and profound look on Augustine as he goes from infancy, to the sins of his youth and finally to accepting Christ as his Lord.

References to the classical background are carefully explained and Roger Green's introduction describes the aims and circumstances of the work, and outlines its influence on major figures in theMiddle Ages and the Renaissance.

The work outlines Saint Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity.

" The work is thought to be divisible into books which symbolize various aspects of the Trinity and trinitarian belief.

Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the title The Confessions of St. Augustine in order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles.