Tricky a bit. We need a logic that is cogent and the sentence must be fluent
A. The church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the
pagan celebration of Lupercalia is claimed by a few experts,
but it is celebrated on this date to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial is the more prevalent belief.
already redundant. OFF
B. While with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia,
a few experts do claim that the church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day, but the more prevalent belief is it is celebrated on this date to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial.
the pagan celebration................ but the more prevalent . OFF
C.
While a few experts claim that the church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia,
their more prevalent belief is that it is celebrated on this date to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial.
a few experts claim (so they are sure) and then their more prevalent belief. make no sense . OFF
D. The church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia as claimed by a few experts, but its celebration on this date is to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial, the more prevalent belief.
So here the more prevalent belief is the death or burial of Valentine ? OFF
E. That the church coined the date ‘February 14’ as Valentine’s day with an ulterior motive to “Christianize” the pagan celebration of Lupercalia is claimed by a few experts, but the more prevalent belief is it is celebrated on this date to honor the anniversary of Valentine’s death or burial.
The church coined SV for some reason according to the experts BUT (HOWEVER) the prevalent theory is for X specific reason. perfect
E is the answer