Augustine Is Recognized as One of the Greatest Early Fathers

Multiple Choice

Augustine is recognized as one of the greatest early fathers of Christianity and Christian thinkers of all time;he believed that what he did was to:

A) create simple rules for people to follow in order to emulate the life of Jesus.
B) establish broad guidelines within which people could find their own way to faith.
C) draw out the basic truths from the Bible so that people could understand the text.
D) defend the Church against pagan philosophers who tried to show the weaknesses of Christian thought.
E) establish a monastic order teaching that the way to salvation was to remove oneself from the world.