[AnAmericanMother]

I'm sorry, but your source is misinformed. Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Eusebius, Irenaeus, all refer repeatedly to the primacy of Peter and of the See of Rome, within 50-100 years after the Resurrection.

. . . BTW, you keep changing the criteria - moving the target. You are the one who started with the 4th century, now you're down to the first century A.D. . . Our Saviour's death and resurrection didn't occur until half way through that century. That tells me you lack confidence in your sources . . . and that lack of confidence is well founded.

[donmeaker]

or it would imply that I don't have infinite amounts of time, and decided to begin with the first Century and work out from there.