How would the meaning of the article change if the last paragraph was shortened to the following three sentences?

Was an early church leader as well as a philosopher of his day

After taking notes carefully and studying freqently, derek not only passed the test, select the word group below that best completes the sentence in parallel structure. and he got 100% but he scores well on classwork but he also scored the highest in the class and he was also scoring the best he ever had

Which statement best paraphrases these sentences from the text