John Augustine s Confessing And Recounting Moments

Saint Augustine, also known as Augustine of Hippo, was born on 354 AD in a North African county in present day Algeria. Throughout of his life, Augustine has endured a lot of hard ships and lessons that he wanted to share with others. He decided in 397 AD to compose an autobiographical book â€Å"confessing† and recounting moments in his life. Confessions by Saint Augustine are a 13 book series comprised of Augustine’s life and how he became to be one of the most important priests during his time. During Book I, Augustine recalls his childhood and how it was like growing up and turning into a young man. He begins his book in an opening prayer, praising his lord and raises the question how can we see God if we do not know who he is. He mentions how anything that exists and creation contains God because he created the Earth. This answers to the question answers how Augustine found God in a sense that, he saw others around him and believed that God was present in everything he has done. An example given in his book is how the comforts of human milk were waiting for him, but God gave him the milk in his mother’s breast to nourish him. This is in accordance to the plan of creation. He later recalls his and other babies experience with crying and pouting for the milk. Augustine believes that babies are not innocent because the get jealous and sin. The only innocent feature on a baby is their frame. He is using babies as a metaphor in saying that all humans are born with original sin.