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Paul said to the elders at Ephesus:

But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. (Acts 20:24-32)

These elders, leaders within the local churches, were given the responsibility to proclaim the gospel and to pass on the "whole counsel of God" just as Paul gave to them. Paul never mentioned a papacy nor did he say a word about the claims Catholics make about Mary insisting that these dogmas could be traced back to the early church. If, indeed, these doctrines were essential to our salvation, Paul would have taught it. He didn't and neither did Peter or John or James or Jude. The whole counsel of God doesn't include these invented doctrines, therefore they are not part of the Christian faith.