id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt pn89d507661 Austin Gregory Murphy, OSB The Bible as Inspired, Authoritative, and True according to Saint Augustine 1904 .txt text/plain 335 13 45 Within the Christian system of these three authorities, the biblical texts mentor believers in wisdom, mediate the divine wisdom, teach purification, and impart the correct knowledge of how to use temporal things, so that God is attained. Suspecting that the patristic thinking about biblical inspiration has not been assessed correctly, this study considers what Saint Augustine says about the importance of believing in the divine inspiration of the Bible. cache/pn89d507661.txt txt/pn89d507661.txt