The primary impulse for monasticism was
A) a fervent desire to serve God by ministering to the physical and spiritual needs of the poor and the persecuted.
B) a desire for a life of leisure, comfort, and idleness.
C) the striving for a closer union with God by conquering the desires of the body.
D) a determination to build up the power of the institutional church.
E) to lead religious armies against non-Christian Barbarians.
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