As part of a unified scholarly approach, Symeon, an Eastern Orthodox saint often called "The New Theologian," collected texts describing existing traditions and relayed them to his readers in a tone of great devotion and authority and borrowing from Asia some aspects of mystical practice.

(A)authority and borrowing from Asia some aspects of mystical practice
(B)authority, and borrowed from Asia some aspects of mystical practice
(C)authority along with the aspects of mystical practice he borrowed from Asia
(D)authority, borrowing from Asia some aspects of mystical practice
(E)authority borrowing some aspects of mystical practice from parts of Asia

my doubt: i am not able to understand as how "comma + borrowing" be correct in option D. the construction "comma + borrowing from Asia some aspects of mystical practice" is NOT the result of the previous clause BUT it can be an event that LED to the clause mentioned before COMMA.

i feel that the better version would have been: Borrowing from Asia some aspects of mystical practice, Symeon, an Eastern Orthodox saint often called "The New Theologian," collected texts describing existing traditions and relayed them to his readers in a tone of great devotion and authority