You have a very bizarre perspective on what happened with the early church. I just read a book called Early Christian Heresies that I think was written by a Catholic because The Church was always capitalized. The reality of how doctrines came about is very different from what you describe here on FR.
Try reading THIS book about Heresies:
http://www.amazon.com/55-St-Irenaeus-Lyons-Christian/dp/0809104547
by Irenaeus of Lyons c. 175-185
You have read a book that you somewhat agree with and whose author you are unsure of and you use it as evidence for you to call my persepective bizarre?
I found a book called Early Christian Heresies by Joan O’Grady on Amazon.com. It is such a riveting book that not only did it not have a precis or description, it had no customer feedback. And no cover picture.
So I looked up Joan O’Grady. She appears to be a neo-Gnostic and has written several books on Christian mysticism. Is this the best evidence that you can come up with?