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THECONFESSIONS,writtenbetweenAD397andAD398,outlinesAugustine'ssinfulyouthandhisconversiontoChristianity.ItiswidelyseenastheFirstWesternautobiographyeverwritten,andwasaninfiuentialmodelforChristianwritersthroughoutthefollowing1000yearsoftheMiddleAges.IntheworkSt.AugustineWfitesabouthowmuchheregretshavingledasinfulandimmorallife.HediscusseshisregretsforfollowingtheManichaeanreligionandbelievinginastrology,Heshowsintensesorrowforhissexualsins,andwritesontheimportanceofsexualmorality.