Moral Motivation, The Pitfalls of Public Confession, and Another Conversion in Confessions, Book 10

This article focuses on the unresolved scholarly question of how Confessiones, book 10 should be interpreted, proposing a new explanation as to how and why the second half of book 10 is critically important to this text. Emphasizing important relations between the introductory chapters and the secon...

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Main Author: Robinson, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2023
In: Augustinian studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 131-156
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBE Anthropology
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
NCA Ethics
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