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# Mere Fidelity: Augustine's *Confessions,* Book I - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/mere-fidelity-augustines-confessions-book/
- Published: 2017-09-26T10:11:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T16:26:45.000Z
- Description: This week Alastair, Derek, and Matt take up and read Book 1 of Augustine’s Confessions. If you’d like to read along–which we encourage you to do–Henry Chadwick’s translation is available widely at a reasonable price. If you like the show, please do leave […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Featured

This week Alastair, Derek, and Matt take up and read Book 1 of Augustine’s *Confessions.* If you’d like to read along–which we encourage you to do–[Henry Chadwick’s translation is available widely at a reasonable price](https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Oxford-Worlds-Classics-Augustine/dp/0199537828?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).

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