The papacy attempted to overcome its fiscal crisis by:
select one:
a. collecting a tax for appointments to ecclesiastical offices.
b. selling dispensations.
c. selling future appointments.
d. all of these.
e. none of these answers is correct.

Taking into account the statement above: "The papacy attempted to overcome its fiscal crisis by:

Select one:

a. collecting a tax for appointments to ecclesiastical offices.

b. selling dispensations.

c. selling future appointments.

d. all of these.

e. None of these answers is correct."

The answer is: A.

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