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Even these authors you cite acknowledge that, for at least the first few decades in Church history, the Word was passed down orally. They go on to say that the oral tradition suddenly dropped out of existence after the New Testament was codified--but where they get their evidence for such a categorical statement, I have no idea. Rather, the oral teaching continued along *with* the written Scripture and continues to this day--never, of course, contradicting anything Scriptural because they both come from the same source.

Well then, show me where Jesus or any of the Apostles ever "venerated images" ore taught anyone else to do so.

Also, I point out that in every case, the authors of those articles note that it was the *Church* (i.e. apostles, their pupils, the whole community of believers) who *decided* ultimately which books went in the canon, which is what you said above. And that's totally logical. But what the authors have perhaps not considered is what implication that has for the power of the visible Church to *make* these kinds of categorical declarations.

The Canon of the New Testament was established before cathlolicsim was created by emporer constantine melding roman pagans with "christians" who were willing to betray the Gosple in order to save their own lives in 352 A.D. You are trying the worn out and boring catholic habit of claiming all authority over the Bible and Christianity by ignoring the fact that many of your cults' major dogmas are anti-Christian.
How is it that romes' Mary goddess that you people pray to is only mentioned about 4 times and is never mentioned again after Acts 1:28 is so central to your cult instead of Jesus?
How is it that your cult makes "objects of worship" by gold plating and mounting jewels on the bones of dead people, yet there is no mention of the practice in the New Testament and in the Old Testament handling the dead makes on unclean?
Read the Bible you'll learn how far from God rome is.