“e Holy Ghost hath placed you bishops to rule;) the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood (Acts 20:28)
The Church therefore has people who rule over it. “
Yes, I know. They are elders, also properly translated as bishops. They rule together. There is no head man. There is no supreme bishop.
Which still would give you Eastern Orthodoxy, not Protestantism. However, the clearly seen from Scripture primacy of Peter suggests that the original model had a "supreme" bishop. Consider Luke 22:32, as well as, of course, Matthew 16:16ff. I agree that room for dispute exists as to what prerogatives exactly the first popes had.