Question

What is the purpose of the sentence "Wherever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being 'disturbers of the peace' and 'outside agitators' " in the following paragraph?

There was a time when the Church was very powerful ... In those days the Church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Wherever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for bei

Answer 1

"disturbers of the peace" and "outside agitators." Things are different now. The contemporary Church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch-supporter of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the Church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the Church's silent and often vocal sanction (approved action) of things as they are.

to communicate the claim of the paragraph

to transition to a new but related idea

to provide an example to support his point

to summarize the main idea of the paragraph

Answer 2

The important question
is, what is it NOT.

Answer 3

*NOT?

Answer 4

I don't get it !!!!

Answer 5

What is definitely not the answer do you think?

Answer 6

The second one is not it for sure

Answer 7

Okay, what else couldn't be the answer?

Answer 8

the last one

Answer 9

Alright, so we have A and C. Hm...

Answer 10

What? Is it C ?

Answer 11

Isn't he providing an example ?

Answer 12

I think it's C, yeah.

Answer 13

Are you sure ?

Answer 14

Yeah. I'd be very surprised if it wasn't C.

Answer 15

Okay, thanks and you get a medal for your help!

Answer 16

Thanks, brah.

Answer 17

Hey can you help me with another one @KyanTheDoodle

Answer 18

Sure.

Answer 19

Okay i'll open a new one