Why did Augustine argue that sexual abstinence represented the highest course for Christians?
A) Many emperors had had profligate sexual appetites, and Augustine believed that human beings needed to withdraw from the corrupt world of politics.
B) Augustine believed that having fewer children would hasten the Second Coming of Christ.
C) The early Christians had all remained celibate because Christ had condemned sexuality.
D) Augustine believed that sexuality had been a disruptive and uncontrollable force ever since the fall of Adam and Eve.
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