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Lots of Evidence from the Church Fathers

Question:

I need quotes or writings from the Church Father proving the Catholic Church’s authenticity and the Eucharist being the Real Presence.

Answer:

Here at Catholic Answers, we have tracts illustrating that the early Church Fathers affirmed the authenticity of Peter’s primacy in particular and the supreme authority of his papal successors in general. The same is true for the authenticity of the Real Presence of the Eucharist.

For further reading, see also Kenneth Whitehead’s article “The Church of the Early Fathers.”

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