Augustine s Confessions A Diverse Mix Of Autobiography,...

Saint Augustine’s Confessions is a diverse mix of autobiography, philosophy, and interpretation of the Christian Bible. The dialogue starts off with Augustine praising to God and it is the natural desire of all men. However, Augustine does not have a lot of knowledge about God because he felt that he isn’t too powerful enough for God to come to him and help him. All throughout his life, he was very educated. Yet he made a lot of sins from birth through adulthood. Such as crying and tantrums of infancy; boyhood pranks like stealing pears to feed to the pigs; bodily pressure like sex, food, theater, etc. With all these sins dragging Augustine down his mother constantly prays for his son to find God and strongly believe that one day he will†¦show more content†¦Augustine then writes about how to convey God’s truth to diverse audiences and demonstrates that both the Bible and one’s own life are texts to be read and assessed against the true Cristian D octrine. The last four books offer an interpretation of the opening of the Book of Genesis. As mentioned before when Augustine’s converted to Christianity his appropriation of Platonic ideas uses his past sins and later confesses to God. This will eventually enhance his mind and soul. The consequences of this appropriation are that sins can be ‘pleasurable’ which will tremendously effect Augustine’s life. Saint Augustine’s all truth is God who speaks through the Bible. All throughout his younger years, he admits that he had done a lot of sins. But the one thing he kept on repeating was the sin about the pear tree. Many people might wonder why Augustine makes such a major ordeal about it, yet this act denotes an important moment in Augustine s life. This is the first of his wrongdoings that he can recall. It is also the start of everything. He does not really do it for any reason since he’s not by any means starving, and doesn’t eat the pears. So this act is really an entirely vile occasion and will eventually create more sins throughout the book such as sex, Manichaeism, and pride. Taking pears were Augustine s original sin. This is also a good example from the Genesis the Garden of Eden, eating the forbidden fruit was what made everything go amiss in