[Comments from a Catholic ] Lets stick to the first 100 years. Seventy years after the Resurrection we have Ignatius telling those he wrote to stay close to the Bishop, and denouncing those who rejected that the Eucharist was Body and Blood of Christ. Sixty years after the Resurrection we have Clement writing Corinth exhorting them to reinstate a priest they had expelled (which they did). Clement was Bishop of Rome at the time…. In structure, sacrament, etc., the Church then was, as the Church now, Catholic.
This was before the Gospel of John was even written and it coincides to exactly what Saint Paul said in the new testement [sic] writings> 1 Corinthians 11:26 “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord, a man must examine himself. Ignatius was a disciple of John the Apostle….
[Bible Answer] Thanks for bringing up these issues. Your arguments are based on the assumed authority of the ante-Nicene fathers [which is NOT accurate]. The Catholic Church considers them Sacred Tradition and equal to God’s written word (along with Catholic church councils and papal decrees), which is both wrong and impossible. Why? It is impossible to have two divinely inspired truths in contradiction to each other and both be truth. Either one is wrong or the other one is wrong, but both can NOT be true! That is the law of non contradiction and exactly what the evidence reveals.
You cited writings which are supposed to be early and accurate. They might be from Ignatius and Clement as claimed. So let’s assume they are and not fakes as was sometimes the case back then! IF what you quoted was accurately stated, they are wrong, but since you didn’t document those quotes, I can’t verify them or check the context! Hence, we can’t really know if they are really accurate. That weakens your arguments even further since they may not even be close to their actual beliefs on communion.
Hymenaeus and Philetus
Moreover, even though someone is accurately taught at one point does not necessitate he will embrace those truths and perpetually believe them! The Bible cites various examples of such sad occurrences. Note the following one:
Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. (2 Tim 2:17,18)
Hymenaeus and Philetus were once sound in doctrine, but became dangerous false teachers who destroyed the faith of some Christians. That fact blows away your foundation since that can happen to anyone as it did in the primitive church. That is why Christians are told to test everything (1 Thess. 5:21) and everyone (1 John 4:1) with Scripture (2 Tim. 3:16,17). You do not do that and remain dangerously misled, as sincere as you may be.
Most importantly, Jesus endorsed the Old Testament as God’s word and promised the New Testament. Hence, the Bible is the standard of truth and basis of all Christian teaching (2 Tim. 3:16,17), not anything else, including the writings of the ante-Nicene so-called “fathers.”
The Bible does NOT teach as Catholicism does. The differences are in various important issues, including the Eucharist. Catholicism’s wild and extreme teachings about the consecrated communion wafer (which you call the Holy Eucharist) are:
- It was changed in substance (underwent a transubstantiation) by the Catholic priest into the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ
- It is to be WORSHIPED as God
- One gets spiritual LIFE from the communion wafer
IF those dogmas were true then NO person could have spiritual LIFE without communion, but that is NOT what we see. The dying thief entered Paradise without communion (and without baptism)! That should alert you that something is wrong in the way you (and me too) were taught about this. [FYI, I’m a Former Catholic.] Remember, the repentant thief got forgiven AFTER the first Lord’s supper (Lk. 23:42,43), but without having communion!
Furthermore, the Catholic priests have NO authority or ability (nor does anyone else) to perform a transubstantiation of the communion elements into the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ! How can we be sure that it is NOT changed, as Catholicism claims? The Bible cites a real transubstantiation (Jn. 2:1-11). It was the water into wine miracle by Jesus. NOTE: a real genuine transubstantiation will TASTE like the substance it was changed into, but that does NOT occur in Catholicism!
Rampant Idolatry in Catholicism
To “worship as God” a communion wafer is idolatry (as is bowing before and kissing images) and will send all such offenders (even if sincerely religiously deceived) to the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8), if not forgiven through a genuine salvation, as found in Scripture. The Scripture from 1 Cor. 11:26 has nothing to do with Catholic communion, according to its context and the aforementioned errors in Catholic doctrine.
The real plan of salvation has nothing to do with the Catholic sacraments, Mary or being a Catholic. Take these truths and warning to heart. Your SOUL is in the greatest danger because of religious deception. Read and believe the contents of the New Testament (God’s word) to be safe. Your eternal destiny depends on it. You can read much more for Catholics by clicking here.
The first time we read that God closes doors is in Gen 7:16 regarding Noah. God closed the door to the Ark:
Perhaps they will get even worse! Decades ago, such sink holes were not the problem they are today! That suggests something new and different is happening to our planet which is destructive. 
The theories of why sink holes have increased in size and intensity are minimized. If anyone really knows, the general public isn’t being told maybe to prevent panic!
Make sure you know the real gospel, which is summarized in Acts 20:21 with a conditional security (1 Cor. 15:2). SIN is the problem, but the people don’t know it. Hence, Psa. 36:1,2 is perfect regarding that:
neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:38-39).
Little known to many in the West is the Muslim tradition of kissing the Black Stone of the Kaaba in Mecca. Muslims say it “fell from heaven” as a meteorite, but also say it was given to Adam after he was expelled from the Garden of Eden. Because the Black Stone is revered and adored with kisses by Muslims, they are venerating it. The Muslims venerate the Black Stone with kisses as 
With this addiction, I feel difficult to serve whole heartily as I feel ‘ unclean ‘ . I have confessed my sin to The Lord and I believe He works miracles, but I often find myself trapped in pornography. The longest I have stopped watching porn was about 2 weeks and then I’m back at it again. I have attended many church camps and promised The Lord I would stop doing it, but at the end of the day I find myself masturbating to porn again. I understand that The Lord wants us to be pure and respect our body, but often I find myself falling and failing the Almighty. I always read the posts here to convince myself and allowing my faith to grow through the advice that this blog provides, but I realized majority of the problems are lust from man to woman, instead of woman to man. Women get lust too, and especially as a teenager, I often find it hard to avoid sexual thoughts about ‘hot guys’. I have met online strangers and ‘sexted’ before, which breaks my heart as I know that this is something The Lord would not want me to do. However with all that, I’m still a virgin, but my inner thoughts have already corrupted me and it makes me feel so disappointed knowing the fact I find myself having those dirty thoughts again. Every time I have those ‘ sick thoughts ‘ I try to avoid or think about the consequences of watching porn, but sometimes I would be searching ‘indirect porn’ and end up watching porn on my phone or the iPad. Being a girl makes it harder, as every time in the church when a pastor preaches about ‘ spiritual bondage ‘, the guys would be able to administer to the altar call and hear what God would say to them through the pastor. ‘ Girls ‘ are known to be those that would not touch or watch porn due to their innocence ‘ but that is not true. As a Christian girl, I believe that it is important to be sexually pure as we are Daughters of a Almighty God. But me being like this makes me feel horrible and ashamed about myself, and often I wonder why God would still love me. I really would like to hear advice from you guys, to know that I’m not facing this alone. Please help me, I really don’t wanna to continue this life style anymore.
