Saint Augustine Quotes About Confession

We have collected for you the TOP of Saint Augustine's best quotes about Confession! Here are collected all the quotes about Confession starting from the birthday of the Saint – November 13, 354! We hope you will be inspired to new achievements with our constantly updated collection of quotes. At the moment, this page contains 5 sayings of Saint Augustine about Confession. We will be happy if you share our collection of quotes with your friends on social networks!
  • If you excuse yourself in confession, you shut up sin within your soul, and shut out pardon.

  • For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.

  • Every day my conscience makes confession relying on the hope of Your mercy as more to be trusted than its own innocence.

    Saint Augustine (1998). “The Confessions”, p.181, OUP Oxford
  • In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You.

  • The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

    "Tractates on the Gospel of John" by Saint Augustine, tractate XII on John 3:6-21, § 13,
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