how did the practice of simony affect the church? group of answer choices it permitted the church to raise large sums of money on church lands without having to pay royal taxes, thus creating conflicts between kings and the papacy. it resulted in a clergy who sometimes obtained church positions for political or economic reasons with little concern for their religious obligations. it created independent church courts that made church officials feel invulnerable in their conflicts with secular rulers. it permitted church officials to adapt doctrine to different localities based on local cultural traditions, thus expanding the range of spiritual expression allowed by the church.