speaker augustine
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- age_of_theft
- sixteenth year
- description
- The author and narrator of the Confessions, who expresses a deep personal journey of seeking and finding God, grappling with human imperfections, and striving for continency.
- desire
- peace
- role
- dispenser of Sacrament
- state
- miserable
- state_after_cure
- cured
- state_before_cure
- sick
- state_of_sin
- deep consumption of sin
Relationships
- lovedSin
- description
- The speaker confesses to having loved sin for its own sake, not for any external gain, particularly during his youth.
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- I loved it; I loved to perish, I loved mine own fault, not that for which I was faulty, but my fault itself.
- committedTheft of Pears
- description
- The speaker recounts the specific act of stealing pears when he was sixteen, highlighting it as an instance of sin for sin's sake.
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- source_text
- What then did wretched I so love in thee, thou theft of mine, thou deed of darkness, in that sixteenth year of my age?
- was_cured_byGod
- description
- The speaker views himself as having been cured from the deep consumption of sin by God, acting as a Physician.
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- who being sick, was cured by that Physician, through whose aid it was that he was not, or rather was less, sick
- confesses_toGod
- description
- The speaker openly admits and acknowledges his sins and his dependence on God.
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- and confess unto Thy name; because Thou hast forgiven me these so great and heinous deeds of mine.
- thanksGod
- description
- The speaker expresses gratitude to God for His forgiveness and grace.
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- I will love Thee, O Lord, and thank Thee, and confess unto Thy name
- lovesGod
- description
- The speaker declares his love for God as a response to divine forgiveness.
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- I will love Thee, O Lord, and thank Thee
- commits_fornication_when_turning_fromGod
- description
- The text uses the metaphor of spiritual fornication to describe the soul's act of turning away from God, seeking purity elsewhere in vain.
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- Thus doth the soul commit fornication, when she turns from Thee, seeking without Thee, what she findeth not pure and untainted, till she returns to Thee.
- returns_toGod
- description
- The speaker implies that his soul must return to God to find purity and untaintedness, after having sought it elsewhere in vain.
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- till she returns to Thee.
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:46.004Z
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- findsGod
- description
- The act of remembrance allows the speaker to access and experience God's presence within his memory.
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- and there do I find Thee, when I call Thee to remembrance
- lovedGod
- description
- The speaker expresses regret over the delayed realization and embrace of God's love and presence in his life.
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- Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! too late I loved Thee!
- isburden to myself
- description
- The speaker feels a heavy spiritual weight and self-dissatisfaction because he is not fully permeated by God's presence.
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- source_text
- because I am not full of Thee I am a burden to myself.
- issick
- description
- The speaker acknowledges his own spiritual ailment and need for healing.
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- Thou art the Physician, I the sick
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- extracted_at
- 2026-03-02T21:55:46.953Z
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