Wrong again.
Those early Church fathers acted on the basis of Petrine authority. They did not simply sit together in a coffee-klatch and, tossed ions, and decide to include some books in the Bible and and toss away others. Perhaps some deeper historical reading would help understand this just like those famous Protestant theologians who spent their entire lives in teaching and preaching and converted to Catholicism.
Pope Linus (the second Pope) is the Linus mentioned by St. Paul in his 2 Timothy 4:21.
After the Holy Apostles (Peter and Paul) had founded and set the Church in order (in Rome) they gave over the exercise of the episcopal office to Linus. The same Linus is mentioned by St. Paul in his Epistle to Timothy. His successor was Anacletus.
Pope Linus (the second Pope) is the Linus mentioned by St. Paul in his 2 Timothy 4:21.
After the Holy Apostles (Peter and Paul) had founded and set the Church in order (in Rome) they gave over the exercise of the episcopal office to Linus. The same Linus is mentioned by St. Paul in his Epistle to Timothy. His successor was Anacletus.
Even a cursory reading of the New Testament will reveal that the Catholic Church does not have its origin in the teachings of Jesus or His apostles. In the New Testament, there is no mention of the papacy, worship/adoration of Mary (or the immaculate conception of Mary, the perpetual virginity of Mary, the assumption of Mary, or Mary as co-redemptrix and mediatrix), petitioning saints in heaven for their prayers, apostolic succession, the ordinances of the church functioning as sacraments, infant baptism, confession of sin to a priest, purgatory, indulgences, or the equal authority of church tradition and Scripture. Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/origin-Catholic-church.html#ixzz3KhTo8FT3
boy, the caths sure did take a wrong road somewhere.