The Movement of the Early Christian Church Toward a More

question 116

Multiple Choice

The movement of the early Christian church toward a more ascetic view of life and especially of sexuality was in large part a result of

• A)the excesses of the hedonism of Rome at that time.
• B)Jesus's teaching that pleasure is a sin.
• C)recognizing marriage as an institution that was inherently at fault theologically because of the sex relationship between the man and the woman.
• D)the asceticism of the Roman emperors from about 150-600C.E.who tried to force their gods upon the Christians.

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