Saint Augustine Argued That People Needed the Grace of God

Saint Augustine argued that people needed the grace of God through the authority of the church because ______________.

A) only the church could provide legitimate sacraments
B) people were tainted by original sin from Adam and Eve
C) people were regularly sinful by nature and needed constant reinforcement
D) most people were illiterate and could not read the Bible themselves
E) people must be forcibly converted