Which of the following statements best describes the state of the church in the 14th century, according to the reading?

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

its hard for me to see which word is supposed to be in bold. if i knew then i would be able to better.