This is a Protestant myth.
Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. (James 5:14)Why couldn's a lay relative do that?
22 What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? (Corinthians 11:22)Sounds like houses were for eating dinner and churches were for receiving the Eucharist
And when the president has given thanks, and all the people have expressed their assent, those who are called by us deacons give to each of those present to partake of the bread and wine mixed with water over which the thanksgiving was pronounced, and to those who are absent they carry away a portion. (Justin Martyr, First ApologyCHAPTER LXV -- ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTSLooks like people had distinct roles in the Eucharist
The word is not Priest, it is elder,
The Roman Catholic NAS has presbyters, not priests.
The 'elder's were the Pastors and Deacons.
22 What, have you not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God; and put them to shame that have not? (Corinthians 11:22) Sounds like houses were for eating dinner and churches were for receiving the Eucharist
No, that verse is talking about when the local church gathered, either in a building or someone's home (Rom.16:5)
Clearly, that passage states that a church was in someones home.
And when the president has given thanks, and all the people have expressed their assent, those who are called by us deacons give to each of those present to partake of the bread and wine mixed with water over which the thanksgiving was pronounced, and to those who are absent they carry away a portion. (Justin Martyr, First ApologyCHAPTER LXV -- ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS Looks like people had distinct roles in the Eucharist
Looks like some leaven had entered into the church.
I do not see any of that in the scriptures.
In private houses the room best suited for worship and for the love-feast was the oblong dining-hall, the triclinium, which was never wanting in a convenient Greek or Roman dwelling, and which often had a semicircular niche, like the choir290 in the later churches. An elevated seat291 was used for reading the Scriptures and preaching, and a simple tables292 for the holy communion. Similar arrangements were made also in the catacombs, which sometimes have the form of a subterranean church. The first traces of special houses of worship293 occur in Tertullian, who speaks of going to church,294 and in his contemporary, Clement of Alexandria, who mentions the double meaning of the word ekklhsiva.295
Regarding the citation by Justin Martyr, Schaff states,
We are not warranted in carrying back to this period the full liturgical service, which we find prevailing with striking uniformity in essentials, though with many variations in minor points, in all quarters of the church in the Nicene age. A certain simplicity and freedom characterized the period before us. http://www.ccel.org/s/schaff/history/2_ch05.htm