[paladinan]

You will also find the early church fathers repeatedly appealing to scripture for authority.

That's because the Scriptures are authoritative, and no Catholic will deny that... least of all, the Church Fathers who discerned, assembled and gave you the Bible you have today. But it says nothing about the Bible being the "sole" contents of Divine Revelation. Th very idea of "Sola Scriptura" didn't even appear on the scene until almost 1500 years after Christ ascended into Heaven!

Speaking of Church Fathers:

If you should find someone who does not yet believe in the gospel what would you [Mani] answer him when he says, “I do not believe”? Indeed, I would not believe the gospel myself if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.
-St. Augustine, Against the Letter of Mani Called ‘The Foundation’ 5:6, AD 397)

[Mr Rogers]

You take Augustine out of context (Augustine did not believe the Bishop of Rome was above all other Bishops), but Augustine is not authoritative either. Someone who believes because some church says to believe will believe anything.