29. From what source are the books of the catholic claimed to be?

D. Whence do we prove that the books of our religion have been composed with divine inspiration? M. From many things, first of which is the truth of Scripture itself. Second, the arrangement of the material, the harmony of the precepts, the manner of speaking without circumlocution, and the plainness of the words. In addition, there is the condition of the writers and preachers: that humans would not have handed down godly things, humble persons lofty things, inarticulate persons subtle things, unless they had been filled with divine inspiration. Third, the power of the preaching, which gained the world, although it was preached by a few despised people.

[2] In addition to these, there is the evidence of opponents, for example, prophets and philosophers; the expulsion of adversaries, the benefiting of its followers, the outcomes of those things which were predicted through acceptances and figures and predictions. Finally, the wonderful things continually done until the Scripture itself was taken up by the nations, concerning which this now suffices to the nearest degree as a miracle: the fact that Scripture is understood to have been taken up by everyone.