The Reputation of the Papacy in the Renaissance Suffered,in Part,because

Multiple Choice

The reputation of the papacy in the Renaissance suffered,in part,because:

A) popes engaged in unseemly contests of power with other Italian rulers.
B) popes in this period often withdrew from their position to join monasteries.
C) the wealth the church had possessed in the Middle Ages declined rapidly.
D) the papacy refused to allow Christian scholars to read classical texts.
E) the papacy continued to lose territory belonging to the papal states.