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Augustine — Confessions

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Scope boundary: v53 uses Book VIII, chapter 3 as a primary historical interpretation witness. The Confessions is not treated as a verse-by-verse Luke commentary.

Release Introduced: v53
Work Date: c. 397–400 CE
Work Kind: theological autobiography / reflection
Authority Boundary: This work is an attribution/history entity. Its existence or age does not establish the correctness of its interpretation.
Evidence Classification: bibliographic / attribution metadata
Status: CURATED_PUBLIC

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Interpreter Authored WorkAugustine of Hippodocumented attribution Work Associated With TraditionLatin patristic / early Western Christian interpretationclassification metadata Work Documents Interpretation HistoryAugustine — Luke 15 as a pattern of recovered sinners and divine joydirect primary-source attribution

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Christian Classics Ethereal Library — Augustine, ConfessionsPublic Domain (CCEL metadata for the Pusey Confessions edition) · AI/RAG: PUBLIC_DOMAIN_TEXT_EDITION

Primary historical interpretation witness. Confessions VIII.3 invokes Luke 15's lost sheep, coin, and younger son while reflecting on conversion and joy over recovery. It is not a line-by-line commentary on Luke 15.

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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book VIII, chapter 3, English trans. Edward B. Pusey, CCEL public-domain edition.