7. [7.] I was shown how a book or piece of writing appears to them when it has been approved by a man in whom they have placed their faith as being learned, and how a book or piece of writing appears which has not yet been approved. When reading writing that has not been approved, they see as though only the letter or literal meaning, whereas in writing that has been approved they see the sense of the matter and not the literal meaning, because they are then in a state of enlightenment from a faith that the material is true, so that their approbation grants enlightenment. Consequently they acquire no piece of writing, no matter how exceptional, before it has been praised by a man worthy of belief.