In your infallible judgement? Who appointed you to be Pope?
...There is no record of the apostles suggesting appointing 'accredited' persons to replace them outside of the supposed writings of 'your' church fathers
2 Tm 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Scripture will prove you wrong every time.
Context, Context, Context...Your man Clement was suggesting that he received personal information from the apostles that he and other popes, cardinals, and bishops have the right and duty to select future bishops and popes...
And then you supply a piece of scripture that 'appears' to back up Clement's claim...
But you conveniently left out the qualifying scripture, didn't you...
1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1Ti 3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1Ti 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1Ti 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
This disqualifies anyone in your church that has been chosen to be a pope, cardinal, bishop or priest, including Clement...
Don't you find it odd that Clement was a pope in your religion but Timothy, a major bible figure was not???
Like I say, Clement seems to have 'turned a corner' in Christianity at about that time...He is not teaching what Jesus taught Paul who taught Timothy...Looks like he turned left while everyone else kept going straight...