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Confessions

The Confessions


The Confessions is an autobiography written by the famous St. Augustine. In this, the story of his life Augustine discusses how he made some poor decisions and committed sins and what he feels he has done to prove to his worthiness to God. Augustine goes from his infancy to his adulthood explaining in full detail the offenses in which he took part, and asks both whether what he did constituted mortal sin. He also asks for forgiveness from God. One event that took place during his adolescent years turned out to be his biggest sin of all, or rather, the climax of his sinning. As a teenager Augustine and some friends went over to the neighbor’s yard, and stole pears from the pear tree. There was no reason for these boys to steal the pears for they were not hungry or in any other need of food. “Our real pleasure was simply in doing something that was not allowed” (Augustine pg 31). For having no real reason to steal the pears leaves Augustine with the guilt of his......


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