 The mind and the heart of this remarkable saint were far from settled. The end of one pursuit was the start of another. Like a lion intent on his prey, the bishop's soul continued to roam the earth, bounding up mystical heights, leaping into intellectual depths, braving historical currents, searching out the caves and crevices of private memory and experience, all to hunt down the spiritual truths for which he maintains such a ravenous appetite. St. Augustine's quarry was stunning in its variety and abundance. The Confessions, written about the year 397, is perhaps his most famous work, in it he captured the very essence of the Christian life of prayer, praise, and passion, while creating a timeless model of painfully honest, thoroughly intriguing autobiography.