The practice of some Protestant congregations managing their own affairs and choosing their own leaders directly inspired which political concept?

The principles of self-government

The authority of the pope over the state

How did different Christian denominations, such as Catholicism and various Protestant faiths, primarily spread to places like the Americas and Asia after the Reformation?

As European nations established colonies around the world

By a papal decree that ordered missionaries to every continent

Through peaceful missionary work that was separate from politics

Because of a large-scale project to translate the Bible into every language