Saint Augustin (Saint Augustine)


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What, indeed, is more romantic than this wandering life of rhetorician and student that the youthful Augustin led, from Thagaste to Carthage, from Carthage to Milan and to Rome—begun in the pleasures and tumult of great cities, and ending in the penitence, the silence, and recollection of a monastery? And again, what drama is more full of colour and more profitable to consider than that last agony of the Empire, of which Augustin was a spectator, and, with all his heart faithful to Rome, would have prevented if he could? And then, what tragedy more stirring and painful than the crisis of soul and conscience which tore his life? Well may it be said that, regarded as a whole, the life of Augustin was but a continual spiritual struggle, a battle of the soul. It is the battle of every moment, the never-ceasing combat of body and spirit, which the poets of that time dramatized, and which is the history of the Christian of all times. The stake of the battle is a soul. The upshot is the final triumph, the redemption of a soul. (Summary from The Prologue) (10 hr 5 min)

Chapters

THE FIRST PART - DAYS OF CHILDHOOD - I. AN AFRICAN FREE-TOWN SUBJECT TO ROME 7:53 Read by David Ronald
II. THE FAMILY OF A SAINT 21:57 Read by David Ronald
III. THE COMFORT OF THE MILK 13:46 Read by David Ronald
IV. THE FIRST GAMES 15:25 Read by David Ronald
V. THE SCHOOLBOY OF MADAURA 27:30 Read by David Ronald
VI. THE HOLIDAYS AT THAGASTE 16:36 Read by David Ronald
THE SECOND PART - THE ENCHANTMENT OF CARTHAGE - I. CARTHAGO VENERIS 11:32 Read by David Ronald
II. THE AFRICAN ROME 21:24 Read by David Ronald
III. THE CARTHAGE STUDENT 28:31 Read by David Ronald
IV. THE SWEETNESS OF TEARS 25:50 Read by Jim Locke
V. THE SILENCE OF GOD 27:19 Read by Jim Locke
THE THIRD PART - THE RETURN - I. THE CITY OF GOLD 19:20 Read by Jim Locke
II. THE FINAL DISILLUSION 17:59 Read by Jim Locke
III. THE MEETING BETWEEN AMBROSE AND AUGUSTIN 17:27 Read by Jim Locke
IV. PLANS OF MARRIAGE 23:41 Read by Jim Locke
V. THE CHRIST IN THE GARDEN 29:31 Read by Jim Locke
THE FOURTH PART - THE HIDDEN LIFE - I. THE LAST SMILE OF THE MUSE 26:53 Read by Jim Locke
II. THE ECSTASY OF SAINT MONNICA 22:46 Read by Jim Locke
III. THE MONK OF THAGASTE 17:28 Read by Jim Locke
IV. AUGUSTIN A PRIEST 17:20 Read by Jim Locke
THE FIFTH PART - THE APOSTLE OF PEACE AND OF CATHOLIC UNITY - I. THE BISHOP OF … 27:46 Read by Jim Locke
II. WHAT WAS HEARD IN THE BASILICA OF PEACE 21:55 Read by Jim Locke
III. THE BISHOP'S BURTHEN 22:22 Read by Jim Locke
IV. AGAINST "THE ROARING LIONS" 35:06 Read by Jim Locke
THE SIXTH PART - FACE TO FACE WITH THE BARBARIANS - I. THE SACK OF ROME 19:04 Read by Jim Locke
II. THE CITY OF GOD 25:37 Read by Jim Locke
III. THE BARBARIAN DESOLATION 30:34 Read by Jim Locke
IV. SAINT AUGUSTIN 12:53 Read by Jim Locke

Reviews

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(5 stars)

Enthralling and informative regarding the fall of Rome! I loved it! What a wise and extraordinary man of God he was!