Please provide a definition of "house church". Is it your assertion that because houses were used for meetings that they were autonomous?
I'm not going to do your homework for you. Start with the Bible it's always the best source. Also, Phillip Schaff has written a very solid history called, "History of The Christian Church" and Francis Sullivan wrote "From Apostles to Bishops".
If you have a comment about why Scripture should not be the sole rule of the faith I'm interested in hearing it.