One of the most important themes of Confessions and one that has fascinated, or in turn thrilled, readers for centuries is St. Augustine's honesty about his sexual life. The acara who was never an angel; As a young man he was sexually active and in the last years of his life he lived openly with a concubine who bore him a son. Giving another image of the Church we see today, where God's representatives live celibate lives focused on God and not on the families they would create if they did not follow celibacy. Another factor worth noting is that St. Augustine proclaims himself to be a slave to these sexual impulses. Labeling them as impure or dirty. St. Augustine's words can be seen as him leading a dissolute life. But at the same time we cannot forget how people lived in those times, thus offering another, broader point of view. Saint Augustine's lifestyle was not very different from the life of other men of the time and at the same time there is also the great possibility of exaggerating, since over the years exaggeration is a technique that attracts and helps to visualize more of a situation. But we can also see that these urges were the culmination of great emotional pain and confusion, thus creating the emphasis he places on his sexual sins. St. Augustine was not alone in his negative attitudes toward sexuality. During that time, extreme asceticism was standard and admired. Some "heroes" of St. Augustine's time left behind all kinds of pleasure, no matter how insignificant it was. At that time there was also the example of the Romans who left everything and lived in celibate marriage and abandoned Roman society to dedicate their lives to the contemplation of God. In the story that Ponticianus tells to Saint Augustine, the two Roman officials and their girlfriends decide to leave everything, including marriage, to completely dedicate their lives to God. Likewise, it can be said that sexuality in marriage is allowed to procreate, it may seem radical to a certain extent. Since you couldn't dedicate your life to God and at the same time be part of something else that gives you pleasure, because that would be a distraction from God..