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"In my deepest wound I saw your glory and it astounded me". On one page it said that it was from Confessions, but no book, chapter, etc.

I did a search, including quotationinvestigator, and nothing came up? Usual false attribution?

I kind of feel sorry for Augustine. He's probably doing facepalms all the time...I said what?!

I see some internet sleuths speculating that because another version of the quote is "In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me" that it might come from Confessions X Ch.. 41 which says...

"For with a wounded heart have I seen Your brightness, and being beaten back I exclaimed, Who can attain unto it?"

It sounds enough like St. Augustine that I am not inclined to dismiss it immediately. I'm looking ...

I have not been able to find it before 1987, which is not a good sign.

If only there was a blog where we could tell true from faux when it comes to quotations...

I tried.

Stella wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:30 pm I see some internet sleuths speculating that because another version of the quote is "In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me" that it might come from Confessions X Ch.. 41 which says...

"For with a wounded heart have I seen Your brightness, and being beaten back I exclaimed, Who can attain unto it?"

This, while different, is so similar it's probably the source.

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 5:38 pm I tried.

Thank-you!

Perhaps the difference could be chalked up to choice in wording by the translator?

zeno wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 8:39 pm Perhaps the difference could be chalked up to choice in wording by the translator?

That's what I was thinking. I don't know when, (or who) Augustine's "Confessions" was translated into English.

It's been translated many times.