Louis Bertrand, Vincent O'Sullivan:Saint Augustin
- Taschenbuch ISBN: 1533538425
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Paperback, [EAN: 9781533538420], CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Book, [PU: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, “Others, no doubt, had done it before him. But none had found a similar emotion, a note of tenderness so moving. The gentle violence of his charity wins the adherence of hearts. He breathes only charity. After St. John, it is he who is the Apostle of Love. Mr. Bertrand’s life of St. Augustine attracted so much attention when it appeared in the ‘Revue des Deux Mondes,’ in the course of the year 1913, that a translation of it into English was as much expected as it was desired. Mr. O’Sullivan’s version is close and accurate, fitting the original like a glove. It is readable, too, and for the most part fairly idiomatic…The absorbing interest and charm of the original narrative remain intact. The life of the great champion of Christianity against a reluctantly dying civilization, the creator of autobiography and of the poignant romantic style which literature has never since forgotten, the ardent soul who made his emotions the deepest spiritual nurture of many generations of men – such a life could not be dull under any hand…Mr. Bertrand ha succeeded notably in what was evidently his main design, the endeavor to reconstruct a sympathetic image of a man, of like mind with ourselves, living in an age which, in its conflict of religious ideals, shows certain striking resemblances to our own. “ -The Nation “The book of the season in France, the book that one must read, the book that everybody was talking about…The reader cannot resist the charm of Bertrand’s vision of those cities representing a civilization that has been wiped out of existence by historical events…But what is most interesting of all is the spirit which animates the book…It is with the most sympathetic curiosity that the author bends over his Saint Augustin – a sympathy so true and so sincere that he cannot help seeing another self in that man who has been tormented for so many years, longing and struggling, but who has found truth finally. Augustus lived sixteen times a hundred years ago, yet the problems which he faced, the anguish he went through were the same as ours. And the celestial happiness which he found may be ours too.” -The American Journal of Psychology CONTENTS PROLOGUE THE FIRST PART DAYS OF CHILDHOOD THE SECOND PART THE ENCHANTMENT OF CARTHAGE THE THIRD PART THE RETURN THE FIFTH PART THE APOSTLE OF PEACE AND OF CATHOLIC UNITY T, 12292, Catholicism, 172803, Mariology, 12300, Popes & the Vatican, 12302, Roman Catholicism, 12304, Saints, 12306, Self Help, 12455, Theology, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 12762, Agnosticism, 12764, Atheism, 12279, Buddhism, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 12506, Hinduism, 12522, Islam, 12540, Judaism, 12489, Literature & Fiction, 12621, New Age & Spirituality, 12689, Occult & Paranormal, 12735, Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts, 12761, Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts, 1873, Religious Art, 12779, Religious Studies, 12809, Worship & Devotion, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<
