Paul advocated the Bible as the ultimate rule of faith? Where's that in the Bible?
I found this, though, FWIW.
"Listen to the church... If he won't listen to the church, treat him as a pagan or tax collector." --Jesus
Are you really THE St Thomas Aquinas? I thought you were dead and rotting.
Anyway, there was no "church" prior to the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, my dead FRiend. That word is "assembly" and it would have to have been a Jewish gathering at the synagogue. Do the math...and revisit a basic hermeneutics class. From what I have read of you, you need a serious dose of hermeneutics.
Left out a couple important steps there.