Check the history books. It is there.
I do happen to read history. And to call St. Augustine “the Father of the Inquisition” is quite an exaggeration, in my opinion. Can a connection be made? I suppose so, in the same way that a connection can be made between Bob Jones and Paul Z. Myers. Tenous, but arguable.
I checked the history books and this what I found out. Augustine apparently had no problem with civil authority involved in opposing heresies. Is that different than using the state to oppose gay marriage? Or alchol sales on Sundays or “blue laws”? HMMMM?