TextA−AA+Bookmarks0← The Confessions↑ He advances to puberty, and indeed to the early part of the sixteenth year of his age, in which, having abandoned his studies, he indulged in lustful pleasures, and, with his companions, committed theftMain textThe Confessions · Saint Augustine of HippoConf 4.1.1————————————Conf 4.1.1✦Explain this passageConf 4.1.2He advances to puberty, and indeed to the early part of the sixteenth year of his age, in which, having abandoned his studies, he indulged in lustful pleasures, and, with his companions, committed theft.Conf 4.1.2✦Explain this passageConf 4.1.3————————————Conf 4.1.3✦Explain this passageHe Deplores the Wickedness of His Youth. →