Confessions by St. Augustine (Summary+Review)

#catholicbookreview
In this video I summarize the autobiographical work of St. Augustine, focusing as much as I can on his theological and philosophical elaborations.
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Rating system:
10/10 breathtaking, must read
9/10 really good
8/10 good
7/10 good (maybe not for everyone)
6/10 and less: I try to read good books lol so that rating should not occur
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[@Darth_Mak]

My good, Christian friend Nicholas Mullen inspired me to find the wisdom of St. Augustine!

[@swaggypfrom3]

so many beautiful parables in these confessions. i find the beginning of chapter 12 particularly striking: "oh good lord when you look down upon me as i bend at the knee and hip, to receive thine good graces... and my eyes shall fall upon my reflection in the spittoon as i've bent over like a bovine in repose, waiting for the [grace] of the lord, to wash upon me and dry out my sins"

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you for sharing this passage!

[@dtxa7x]

IM WRITIN MY BOOK, IM WRITIN MY BOOK

[@psiptak6007]

hell yeah dude

[@dannybhoy2739]

The Mulldog brought me here😊

[@BiblicalBookworm]

What/who is that?

[@dannybhoy2739]

@@BiblicalBookworm Only my best friend: Nick Mullen

[@JTStein]

St. Monica, his mother prayed 20 years for his conversation.

[@lifesagiftt]

woooow a true lesson on not giving up❤️‍🩹🙏🏾

[@PaulTheHermit77]

This book was the one that finally helped me accept Christ. I was struggling. I read this book. Now im a Christian and choosing Saint Augustine as my confirmation Saint when i get Baptised and Confirmed next month.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Oh wow! Thank you for sharing your story!

[@secretgardentribe9220]

It's wonderful that you have found faith. The Lord is kind and merciful. I love to hear all the inspirational stories of the lives of how people come to God. I am so very happy for you.

[@Dara-ih6jq]

This is a great start, but I encourage you to go further. Catholicism is a steppingstone to Christianity, but it is not Christianity but you must pick up a Bible and read it to understand what I’m saying. I was born into a Catholic family and raised Catholic and it wasn’t until I was in my late 20s and started reading a Bible that I realized Catholicism is not Christianity at all. It is, the Roman Catholic Church. I won’t get into details, but I will just say this pick up a Bible and say a prayer to God to fill you with discernment and to guide you where he needs you and just start reading and your eyes will open just put it all in God‘s hands, and he will get to work on you. Don’t say the Catholic Church is a bad thing because I was raised in a Catholic family and it is what brought me to Christ but it is the reading of the Bible that made me realize I couldn’t stop it Catholicism because that’s not really Christianity. it is the Catholic Church controlling people telling them that it is Christianity as long as they do what the Catholic Church says, but the Catholic churches monstrosity and would probably disgust Jesus for how it has misinformed and misslead how many people to a parallel path to Christianity that looks like Christianity to anyone who’s never walked the path of Christianity so please continue seeking God and continue your journey, but trusting God and read your Bible. Jesus came to abolish religion, and when he said “it is finished” he absolutely meant it. Christianity is a deeply personal relationship with Jesus there should be no church in between you and Jesus. The church is supposed to be like a community and a family that you follow Jesus with it is not a power structure or some form of leadership to substitute for Jesus. And it is blasphemous for Catholic priest to tell people that they can forgive their sins when only God and the blood of Christ can forgive sin. I could go on an exposé about the practice of blast for you in the Catholic Church, but I will just encourage you to pick up a Bible and read it yourself and look into why the Catholic Church is not considered Christian by so many but I’m not trying to show you from your journey. You are off to a great start if it encourages you to pick up a Bible. Put your faith in God not the catholic church.

[@intoreality1189]

Your English is excellent. Better than many native speakers.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you! 🙏😊

[@12villages]

I didnt know st augustine until nick mullen recited it beautifully on his podcast. I listen to it everyday now. I'm also gay.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

God bless you!

[@dannybhoy2739]

Hell yeah ❤

[@lw3646]

You can tell he was a really great orator and writer. Roman North Africa produced some very significant figures, Carthage was a really important city. Its pretty amazing how well it reads from 1600 years ago, though the classical world is known to have produced some excellent works, Plato's Republic also reads very fluidly. He's very hard on himself in the book, the last part as well I got really into, on the more philosophical questions and why he doesnt believe on a literal 7 day creation. Augustine understood christianity extremly well I think and his influence has been immense. It also marks a very important time with the ending of the classical world and the start of the early middle ages. There was a lot of chaos and upheaval towards the end but Augustine argued that yes it was true, but it would be heaven that would be the ultimate salvation.

[@davidcrowley1951]

What a thoughtful young woman. Thank you

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you! You're welcome!

[@edwardgarcia3718]

Confessions is one of the best books I've ever read. I find that we like very similar books on the faith. You're doing great work exposing such wonderful gems to new audiences. God bless you Elizabeth!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

God bless you too Mr. Garcia!

[@Torntopieces87]

One of my favorite Saint! Thank you Elisabeth

[@BiblicalBookworm]

😊

[@Chiefs_fan1595]

You should review Nick Mullen’s version of it

[@rnktllama7185]

Nice that you have set up this channel! I was learning for my exam for philosophy where I have to analyse the first book of Augustine’s' Confessions. After searching for a book summary on KZbin, I came across your channel. Although I haven't found deep analysis material about core points, I have been inspired by your honest opinion and experience of the book. I also decided to actually reread the first book and make notes myself after watching your video. As a Catholic myself, I directly subscribed to your channel after having read your mission statement. I saw some video covers of yours discussing books that I am interested in reading. I especially like the idea of an academic student, and a Catholic, who reviews interesting books in honesty and understanding. Most channels that I watch, such as Pints with Aquinas, already speak out of knowledge. Therefore, it is good to have a student also speaking about these topics from their personal perspective.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

I'm happy to hear that! Welcome on my/our journey to Catholic knowledge!😊

[@marcosmina9842]

Great book of a great author too and very nice presentation 👍 God bless you my dear 🙏

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you! God bless you too!

[@TheCdr19]

Chapter 13: San Francisco

[@BiblicalBookworm]

I don't get what you mean 🙈

[@nickdon]

Gonna share this Channel to all of my friends!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you so much!

[@inrptn]

Thank you very much for your detailed summary and review. I'm not Catholic, but I'm very interested in studying some of the most famous and influential works in the history of Christianity. This introduction will help me jump into the book myself! Take care and God bless you.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

I'm happy my video is helpful for you! God bless you too!

[@TrueBagPipeRock]

Really think that top Catholic channels should be promoting you. thanks for your work

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you 😊

[@ashleygrooms5396]

Concur! 😊

[@nickdon]

They should! I will share this Channel to all of my friends!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

@@nickdon aww thank you 😊😊

[@mateusmachado3744]

I appreciate your comments on the Confessions. I feel you and you say sometimes we get discouraged of reading of, because it is complicated. I have felt the same, we cannot rush through it if we wanna capture the ideas of Augustine.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Absolutely!

[@Frothenbath1]

"Confessions" is one of my favorite books and I only recently finished it! I am now a big fan of his writing! I'm currently going through "City of God." I recommend that one too. Yes, the philosophical parts can be strong, but I loved grappling with every word! Great review!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thanks!

[@kieferonline]

I bought a double volume of City of God and look forward to reading it. For those interested in St. Augustine's philosophy, I would like to recommend a philosopher that he read--Plotinus, whose writings on "The One" made me a believer!

[@briancox7844]

When I made my confirmation, we had to pick a personal patron Saint. My personal Saint was St. Augustine so I think this is totally great, this very informative video you made about him. I plan on reading this book "The Confessions". I am a subscriber to your channel, keep the video comming. God Bless you, woman of faith!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

God bless you too!

[@PaulTheHermit77]

Im getting baptised and Confirmed next month. Saint Augustine is going to be my confirmation Saint. Reading his confessions was a big step for me to become Christian.

[@yonatan8827]

Great book review. God bless you 🙏

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you! God bless you too! 🙏

[@Nicolle-yg4ml]

Great review! 😊 Thank you.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

You're welcome :)

[@kmastanz]

Saint Augustine is a beautiful person"Out of the heart the mouth speaks"

[@JuanPerezGt2010]

Thanks for this one... blessings.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

God bless you too!

[@Dara-ih6jq]

This is such a deeply important part of literature, especially for anyone who is from Western culture. Thank you for this summary 🙏

[@BiblicalBookworm]

You're welcome!

[@adamhasideas6813]

I'm trying to read more Christian classics to help understand my faith more fully. I just finished reading the Confessions today and so I then found your video. Your insights are well presented and I appreciate you making this video. Have you read the Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen? I found that book also to be very meaningful in its message. Blessings to you Elizabeth!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you for the recommendation Adam!

[@emilykaterudov8159]

I am slowly getting through all the videos on your channel and i'm learning so much in the process... what a rich reading year you've had! :) All this beautiful spiritual reading must be bringing about such lovely spiritual fruit in your life.. just wondering are you a theology student? are you pursuing a vocation? I really enjoy your joy for the Lord, it's wonderful! :) Do you plan on doing buddy reads on your channel? I'd love to join in in reading some theology... it can be fun to read as a group and explore ideas and inspirations.. anyways really enjoying your videos, so happy i found your channel.. have fun and happy reading!! :)

[@BiblicalBookworm]

I'm happy that my videos are helpful to you. I'm currently a law student. I am pursuing the vocation of sharing my knowledge from theological books with the public. What would be your idea of buddy reading? Like what would you want that to look like?

[@emilykaterudov8159]

@@BiblicalBookworm Thanks Elisabeth.. wow! Studying law must keep you busy.. and running this channel too! Amazing :) Wishing you lots of good luck! Just curious about, if your channel will be like other booktubers, where they do buddy reads and stuff... if you decide to do that, feel free to count me in, because I'd love to read along.. :) Wishing you lots of happy reading and fun, Emily :)

[@paynedv]

God bless you sister

[@BiblicalBookworm]

God bless you brother

[@lubemjames4659]

Thanks for this

[@BiblicalBookworm]

😊

[@tp8122]

Can you tell which edition have you read?

[@BiblicalBookworm]

I listened to the audiobook version which is linked in the description

[@pepetono72]

Great book review Elizabeth thank you for sharing God bless you 🙏

[@BiblicalBookworm]

God bless you Mr. Alvarez! ✝️🙏

[@pepetono72]

@@BiblicalBookworm Thank you Elizabeth 😊

[@GeorgieBell-vf5mz]

Thank you!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

You're welcome!

[@axeljacobs9723]

Elizabeth, I would love to know where your accent if from, or what your native tongue is. Thanks!😊

[@BiblicalBookworm]

This is probably a German accent you're hearing as I live in Vienna, Austria :)

[@jpg6113]

Howdy, big fan here but why does it feel like someone is breathing right next to the mic lol, this is most notably in 1:19 and 2:46

[@BiblicalBookworm]

I think those are car's passing by. I film in front of a window and there is a small street so every once in a while you hear this sound 😅

[@brendapalmer6375]

I was debating about buying it to read. I appreciate your honesty but now I’m wondering if I’ll even understand & appreciate it if you (a smart gal) had trouble reading it. 🤔

[@BiblicalBookworm]

There should be a free online version of the book (it should also be in the description). You could try a few pages there and then decide 😊

[@PMur66]

It's alleged that Augustine butchered the translation of the Greek word "eonian". Have you heard of this? Thank you.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

No I haven't heard of this

[@roberttoney3929]

I’m currently reading this along with humility of heart by Dr. Cajetan Mary da bergamo I absolutely love it but it’s taking me alittle longer than usual lol

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Take your time! "Confessions" can't be rushed otherwise you don't get much out of it.

[@luisgonzalez1637]

You’re an angel

[@robertmontoya8915]

I think his expressions revealed a form of confession in literature, where he was under a lot of pressure obviously to prove his Christianity, but at the same time the secular nature of Rome's collapse; he merged the classical styles with his teaching, his summary is found in the theology of the church today, Saint Anthony of the Desert inspired him, mix these like ingredients, he made the highest compliment of the mind, minds are made to untangle God's will, thank you, for showing-us-a-bit-of forgiven community. Saint Augustine pray for us.

[@cassiusking5751]

I doth bust

[@uncleernie7949]

gorgeous

[@jenniferrogoff8459]

It hilarious that you say you dont look for beauty because your quite beautiful yourself by the way!! I agree 100 percent with your review. I havnt been able to finish the book or read much in one sitting either because it really is alot to take in but very rich in depth! Thank you and God bless you too!

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you for the compliment Ms. Rogoff! 😊🌷

[@somefoko]

thank you, nick mullen

[@changedlife1904]

That's pretty common , to be bad just to be bad

[@Kalmar917]

You need to focus on who taught him.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

What do you mean?

[@Kalmar917]

@@BiblicalBookworm Meaning he was right about the seven books and St. Jerome as smart and smug as he was, he was wrong and didn’t know everything about the Bible. Not only that but the pope and other church father’s knew better not go by the Rabbinic Hebrew translations because that was canonized almost 200 years after the gospel went out via the Greek / Hebrew. The Jews didn’t even know what books of the Old Testament were inspired or better put didn’t agree on which books were and were not. Saint Ambrose.

[@StephenMBauer]

Read the whole book

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Escellent! Did you like it?

[@StephenMBauer]

@@BiblicalBookworm Yes. I've read the ebook 4 or 5 times. I found your summary and comments stimulating. I appreciated them much. I needed to be reminded about the value of the book.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

@@StephenMBauer Wow 4-5 times is a lot! I'm happy that my video was helpful 😊

[@folksurvival]

Beautiful woman.

[@hectorrivero2173]

The summary would have been better if you read the book

[@BiblicalBookworm]

I read the book as I mention at 9:28

[@rickwyant]

I found 75% of it great but the last few chapters on the Bible lost me.

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Thank you for sharing! Why?

[@Jahmar-qx8ut]

You are a babe 😅❤

[@donhopf]

While true, I’m trying to focus on Augustine.

[@hectorrivero2173]

Summary of summaries 😂

[@BiblicalBookworm]

Parts of what I say in this video cannot be found in any other summary* as this is not a summary of summaries but a summary of the book. *I last checked before filming that video

[@redakarim8650]

Thank you

[@BiblicalBookworm]

You're welcome! 😊

[@mattherrera2659]

What a great video Elizabeth! Very interesting and intellectual. I am grateful that you put a lot of effort and time into helping me grasp this masterpiece by a great Saint. What stood out for me was Saint Augustine’s comment about one Bible passage can have different true meanings as long as The interpretation doesn’t contradict the Bible! Wow! I think there’s a lot of contradictions going on for awhile now in the Church that stems to the problems effecting the current crisis in the Church! I also wish my only temptation was to shake a pear tree. I hope you don’t mind me asking. How is it that you don’t know much about beauty? And that you don’t look too much into beauty? I think a good priest wrote a book about the importance of beauty. I am going to have to try to remember so I can recommend it. However I think you know a lot about beauty.😊🧁

[@BiblicalBookworm]

For me beauty often feels like a waste of time. When I read a book I never care about how well written it is but only about the information it contains. The only instance where I do look for beauty is in music. And when I say that I don't know much about beauty I mean that I often fail to recognize it. 😅🧁

[@mattherrera2659]

@@BiblicalBookworm Thank you for sharing your thoughts. You make a lot of sense. I understand. I imagine information can be beautiful. Information about people, places and things are definitely beautiful to me. You appear very busy so it makes sense that beauty can be useless in a book and beauty in music different because music helps you maybe relax. Because you fail to recognize beauty, I am going to suggest you add something to your summary + review that you found beautiful in the information you retained. I hope that’s not too much work! ☺️🧁

[@BiblicalBookworm]

@@mattherrera2659 whenever something beautiful sticks out to me I mention that! I just think that if I did that every time the word "beautiful" would lose it's meaning

[@mattherrera2659]

@@BiblicalBookworm I get it. Your right. And I’m right about you knowing a lot about beauty. I enjoyed your insight and thoughts. I hope you have a beautiful rest of your week!😊🧁

[@BiblicalBookworm]

@@mattherrera2659 Have a great week too! 🧁