Correcting Some Misconceptions about St. Augustine's Sex Life

Soble presents several literary sources that discusses St. Augustine's sexual life, including the Saint's "Confessions." The evidence that Augustine engaged in same-sex sexual activity is missing or underwhelming, even though he probably engaged in sexual relations with females while he was a teenager and before he began living with his mistress. Augustine's description of his youthful sinfulness in "Confessions 2" exaggerates the extent of his teenage sexual activity, even if his mental life was dancing with lust.