The confessions of Saint Augustine --
The imitation of Christ / Thomas à Kempis --
Pilgrim's progress / John Bunyan.
Saint Augustine was a towering Christian leader and one of the great fathers of the Church. His ConfessionsConfessions is a timeless work, revealing the joys and agonies of a life lived in search of truth.
Few books have been read more assiduously during the last five centuries than The Imitation of ChristThe Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis' meditation on humility. As it spans the centuries, it crosses all ecclesiastical divisions and speaks to the "princes" of the Church as it speaks to the common man.
In the 300 years since John Bunyan's death, Pilgrim's ProgressPilgrim's Progress has been an inspiration to countless readers. It tells the tale of Christian and his journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. The joy, sorrow, temptation, and danger he encounters on the way are as instructive today as when the book was first written.
Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.
Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.
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