17 August 2023, The Tablet

True confessions

by Kate Cooper

The conversion of St Augustine.

True confessions

Carpaccio’s 1502 painting, St Augustine in His Study.
Wikipedia.

 
St Augustine’s decision to leave a life of licentiousness is considered one of the great turning points in Christianity. But a historian argues that the sin that he turned away from was not lust but greed and ambition.
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User Comments (1)

Comment by: Fr. Thomas Nangle, Chicago
Posted: 04/09/2023 01:05:33
A superb writing and research, very much appreciated. Im typing and smiling at how little I knew of him and his times. Dr. Cooper makes me wonder if, 1000 years from now, people will look back to 2023 and say “How could we ever have possibly believed that?” Or “How did we ever think that that was a fine way to go thru life?” I’m still smiling