The two books that I wish to talk about are probably his best two works. The first one is called The Confessions. For the most part, it is the story of his life. It tells of his coming to the Lord, and of his early home life. In my opinion, if a person is to have a vocation in the ministry, this is required reading. I have personally read this no less than three times. The best time was when he heard the voice of God saying for him to "Take and read!" referring to the Bible. This was amazing. Of course, he was baptized by St. Ambrose on Easter Sunday. This is definitely a must read.
The next selection is his City of God. This refers to the city of Rome. In the book, he refers to two cities; a City of man, and a City of God. He goes through the Roman leaders and how they are still addicted to their pagan gods, and how they still blame all of their problems on the Christians; just like Nero did. The problems really did not stop. They slowed when Constantine took power, but never really stopped. This is a long selection, and if you like to study about the Roman Caesars, and love Christian philosophy(like I do), then pick it up. Just remember that it is over 1000 pages.
Erik
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