ConfessionsAugustine wrote his famous Confessiones during the early years of his episcopate, specifically, between 397 and 400. This work, ground breaking in its time, is a piece of introspection and personal reminiscence aimed at glorifying God in gratitude for Augustine's conversion to Christianity. Augustine lays bare his personal journey, which took him from youthful carousal through phases of Manichaean dualism, Stoic speculation, skepticism, and Neo