St. Paul echoes Christ in saying this:

For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread. And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration of me. In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me. 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

Now a lot of Protestants will read that and say, “But they were speaking figuratively…”

Were they?

What did the early Christians believe about Communion?

St. Ignatius of Antioch, c. 50 – c. 98/117 AD

St. Ignatius of Antioch, who was a disciple of St. John the Apostle, writes:

I desire the bread of God, the heavenly bread, the bread of life, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who became afterwards of the seed of David and Abraham; and I desire the drink, namely His blood, which is incorruptible love and eternal life. The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans, Chapter VII

Obviously, he believed Communion was really the Body and Blood of Christ.

Moreover, regarding heretics, St. Ignatius says:

They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they confess not the Eucharist to be the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which suffered for our sins, and which the Father, of His goodness, raised up again. Those, therefore, who speak against this gift of God, incur death in the midst of their disputes. The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, Chapter VII

So St. Ignatius basically said that anyone who denies the Real Presence are heretics 1400 years before Protestantism existed.

St. Justin Martyr, c. 100 – c. 165 AD

St. Justin Martyr said this:

For not as common bread and common drink do we receive these; but in like manner as Jesus Christ our Saviour, having been made flesh by the Word of God, had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so likewise have we been taught that the food which is blessed by the prayer of His word, and from which our blood and flesh by transmutation are nourished, is the flesh and blood of that Jesus who was made flesh. The First Apology, Chapter 66

St. Irenaeus, c. 130 – c. 202 AD

St. Irenaeus also said:

He has acknowledged the cup (which is a part of the creation) as His own blood, from which He bedews our blood; and the bread (also a part of the creation) He has established as His own body, from which He gives increase to our bodies. Against Heresies, Book V, Chapter 2

So it’s rather obvious the Christian apologists in the first couple of centuries believed in the Real Presence.

This is what all orthodox Catholic Christians believed in the first 1500 years before the heresy of Protestantism.

If you still don’t believe in the Real Presence, then read about Eucharistic Miracles here or here:

http://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/Liste/list.html

https://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/a3.html

*Note: Some Protestants (Lutherans, some Anglicans) believe in the Real Presence.

They still deny Transubstantiation, though, which is what all Christians believed for 1500 years.

Read more about Transubstantiation here:

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05573a.htm

Protestantism Error # 4 – Belittling the Virgin Mary, Mother of God

The disrespect many Protestants give to the Blessed Mother of God cannot be understated.

It is true that after the wedding at Cana miracle she isn’t featured much in the Gospels.

However, this is not to diminish her importance but rather to put the spotlight on her Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mary, being the most humble of all women, would have supported the focus being on her Most High Son.

But since Mary is not featured, the Protestants will still say, “Why is she important then?”

Well let me throw it back at you, my dear Protestant reader…

Out of the billions of women that ever lived…

God the Father chose one holy woman to be His most Blessed Daughter to be the Mother of His Son.

God the Son chose one holy woman to be His most Blessed Mother to bear Him, raise Him, and love Him.

And God the Holy Ghost chose one holy woman to be His most Blessed Spouse to conceive of the Son of God.

So out of the billions of women that have ever lived didn’t God Himself think the Virgin Mary was important?

It appears so. Here’s what the Virgin Mary says in the Bible:

Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Luke 1:48

If God exalted her to such a high position, then who are you to say she isn’t important?

When you die and are in front of Christ, what will your answer be when He asks:

“Why did you not find my Mother as important as My Father, the Spirit and Myself found her to be?”

What will your answer be to Our Most Glorious and High Lord Jesus Christ?

Will you just say, “Well Martin Luther didn’t think she was so great…”???

HOW DARE YOU!? For shame!

The arrogance of men to judge Our Lady as unimportant when God Himself has exalted her is frightening…

But was Mary really a perpetual virgin?

Christians have believed she was a perpetual virgin for most of Church history.

Again, heretics came along to challenge this idea, but orthodox Christians can explain this pretty simply.

When the Bible talks about Jesus’s “brothers” and “sisters” it was never meant literally.

It was meant in the same way as you call a close friend or family member “brother” or “sister.”

The term used could refer not only to blood-siblings, but also cousins, family friends and personal friends.

St. Jerome, the same person that wrote the Latin Vulgate, the first Holy Bible, actually defended Mary’s perpetual virginity in this work here:

https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3007.htm

Read that, and you will see how the writer of the original New Testament canon read the Greek New Testament as not saying that Christ had siblings.

But should we pray to Mary and the other Saints?

Why not? Protestants will say that by praying to Mary and the Saints that we are worshipping them.

We aren’t. We worship the Trinitarian God alone.

St. James says this:

…pray one for another, that you may be saved. For the continual prayer of a just man availeth much. James 5:16

In other words, the more righteous a person is the more that God listens to their prayers.

And who is more righteous than those who have already attained Salvation and are perfected in God’s glory?

And of those, who is more revered than the one woman out of billions that the Trinitarian God chose to become the Mother of God?

This is why we pray to the Saints, and Mary especially.

It’s not because they are gods, but rather because we know that they are in the presence of God.

They are God’s friends for all Eternity.

And in addition to petitioning God with our prayers it makes sense to ask the greatest friends of God to pray with us as well.

Doesn’t this make sense? You would ask the holiest person you know to pray for you, correct?

Then why in the world won’t you ask the closest people to God to pray for you?

In addition to asking for Our Lady’s help, we should also acknowledge that her Son sends her as a messenger to us.

Click here to learn more about the many approved Marian Apparitions:

https://media.ascensionpress.com/2020/05/30/the-ultimate-guide-to-marian-apparitions/

*Note: Some “High Church” Protestants (Lutherans, some Anglicans) venerate Mary.

Give Up Protestantism, and Come Home!

In conclusion, Protestantism just doesn’t make sense.

Protestantism completely contradicts the Bible.

Protestantism also was non-existent in the first 1500 years of Christianity.

It’s really nothing more than the ideology of people that want to be their own Pope.

Speaking of Popes, another criticism or Protestants is that there are bad Popes, Bishops and Priests.

There have also been many Saintly Popes, Bishops, and Priests.

Here is a list of canonized Popes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_canonised_popes

That’s a lot of Saints!

For the first few hundred years of Christianity almost ALL were Saints!

But back to the point of bad Catholics… Unfortunately, you are are correct.

There have been numerous bad Christians in the past 2000 years. That’s just par for the course.

It doesn’t mean that the Catholic Church is not the Church that Christ founded. It still is.

The majority of all Christians, including Catholics, are sinners. Many are great sinners.

Many Christians that die in unrepentant sin will go to Hell. It’s sad.

But the good news is that you don’t have to!

Become Catholic. Instead of just having Faith in Christ, have Faith and keep His Commandments.

Become a part of His Church, even though it is full of flawed sinners.

The Church is the Hospital for Sinners.

So come back and get the Sacraments, which are Medicine for the Soul!

Give up Protestantism. Become Catholic.