The Confessions of St. Augustine Pet Loss limbo or purgatory if—God forbid—he

limbo or purgatory if—God forbid—he or she dies before baptism

” Each poem begins with an epigraph taken from O’Connor’s essays

a most thorough historical introduction

Gradual: Viderunt Omnes

Black and white drawings showing the postures and expressions of the body

The Confessions of St. Augustine Pet Loss limbo or purgatory if—God forbid—heThe first autobiography ever written, and one of the most profound testaments of faith, ever. This book is the masterpiece from which all other Christian memoirs flow. Augustines astonishing story remains as fresh as it did when he wrote it in the late fourth century. The Confessions still speaks with a clear, vivid and altogether distinctive voice to believers and seekers searching for the One who will give rest to their restless hearts. James