Confessions of Saint Augustine

Francis Joseph Sheed (1897-1981) was a Catholic publisher, author and street orator and the founder of the Catholic publishing house of Sheed & Ward. His books include To Know Christ Jesus, Saints Are Not Sad, A Map of Life, Society and Sanity and Theology and Sanity.

• BOOK ONE: THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARSI-V Prayer to God and Meditation upon GodVI-VII Augustine's InfancyVIII Learning to SpeakIX-XIX SchooldaysXX Reasons for Gratitude to GodBOOK TWO: THE SIXTEENTH YEARI-III AdolescenceIV-X Robbing a Pear-treeBOOK THREE: FROM SIXTEEN TO EIGHTEENI-III First Days at CarthageIV-V Cicero and ScriptureVI-X Joins the ManicheesXI-XII His Mother's AnxietyBOOK FOUR: FROM EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY-SEVENI-III Searching for DeliveranceIV-IX Loss of a FriendX-XII The Transience of Created ThingsXIII-XV He writes a BookXVI Reads Aristotle on the CategoriesBOOK FIVE: AGED TWENTY-EIGHTI-II PrayerIII-VII Faustus Comes to CarthageVIII-XII Augustine Goes to RomeXIII-XIV At MilanBOOK SIX: AGED TWENTY-NINEI-II Monica Comes to MilanIII-V His Mind Still SearchesVI Disappointments in Worldly AffairsVII-X Alypius and NebridiusXI-XVI The Problem of ContinenceBOOK SEVEN: AGED THIRTYI-II Realisation That God is IncorruptibleIII-V The Problem of the Origin of EvilVI Finally Rejects AstrologyXVIII-XXI The Need for ChristBOOK EIGHT: AGED THIRTY-ONEI-IV The Conversion of VictoriansV-XII Augustine's ConversionBOOK NINE: AGED THIRTY-TWOI-VII Reception into the ChurchVIII-XIII The Death of MonicaBOOK TEN: CONCLUDES AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONI-V Why He Makes This ConfessionVI-VII What is God?VIII-XXV Analysis of MemoryXXVI-XXIX PrayerXXX-XLI Augustine's Present StateXLII-XLIII The True Mediator