“He willed to make them Christians ...”

"Galileo pointed out correctly that both St. Augustine (354-430 AD) and St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) taught that the sacred writers in no way meant to teach a system of astronomy. St. Augustine wrote that 'One does not read in the Gospel that the Lord said: I will send you the Paraclete who will teach you about the course of the sun and moon. For He willed to make them Christians, not mathematicians'" (George Sim Johnston).