Augustine’s Confessions with Dr. Daniel Shields

31/01/2023 18 min Episodio 318
Augustine’s Confessions with Dr. Daniel Shields

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St. Augustine was a prominent teacher of rhetoric in Roman North Africa and in Italy. Despite his success, he was restless, constantly casting about for what was true until he found his rest through faith in Christ. A great sinner, we learn in his Confessions who became a great saint.
Dr. Daniel Shields is attending sophomore humanities this semester and has been reading through Confessions with our students and he shares with us what he finds so compelling about the book.