The protestant faith was a unified church that provided a new alternative to catholic worship. broke up into a number of smaller denominations. was often tolerant of catholics who lived within its area of influence. gained the most support in the largest countries of europe.

The correct answer is broke up into a number of smaller denominations

There were numerous denominations based on who the main preacher of the denomination was. This resulted in Calvinism, or Anglicanism, or in Baptist and Methodist and Presbyterian churches, or in numerous other similar Christian denominations who all started as forms of the Protestant Christian denomination.