According to the theory of the Reformation, this post is not a newly created one, but was restored based on the Bible because the original one at the original church had been distorted by the Roman Catholic clergy system.
宗教改革の理解では、これは新設された職位ではなく、ローマの聖職階位制に変質してしまった初代教会の制度を聖書に基づき正しく復元したものとされる。