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The classic spiritual autobiography of Saint Augustine Confessions has now been abridged and updated for today’s reader and is presented in a deluxe, leather-like binding. Written some sixteen hundred years ago, this Christian classic still speaks to readers, addressing concerns that trouble the human heart today just as they did in the fourth and fifth centuries.
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