" Why is his Eucharistic theology more powerful than SCRIPTURE?"
As has been discussed ad nauseam on other threads, the canon of the NT was not fixed until the late 4th century and it was fixed by The Church. In other words, the NT is a product of The Church and not the other way round. The Eucharistic theology of +Ignatius of Antioch expresses the belief of The Church in the earliest days and its belief today as to the Eucharist, Apostolic Succession and in fact its ecclesiology. It expresses the faith of The Church at the time The Church determined what was "in" and what wasn't in the canon. The canon of the NT which you use, with some deletions of works which Luther found "inconvenient" to his rebellion, is a product of The Church (interestingly, the OT you use, the so called Hebrew canon, didn't even exist when Christ preached. The "scriptures" refered to in the NT are the LXX). It never ceases to amaze me how so many Protestants have what appears to be a thoroughly heretical, Mohammaden view of scripture, namely that God in some fashion dictated the NT or the OT word for word and that they, rather than The Church, were given the power to correctly interpret it without reference to what The Church always and everywhere believed. No wonder the likes of that heresiarch Griswold, the "Presiding Bishop" of ECUSA talks about "pluriform truths".
"BTW, that's a pretty neat story that he was the child on JESUS'S lap. Is there any real evidence of this, or is it another story that has been passed on orally."
I doubt there is any evidence as such. So far as I know its a story which has been repeated throughout the centuries. Maybe its true, maybe it isn't. It is a neat story though.
The New Testament is a product of the Holy Spirit. All the Catholic church did was compile the writings that had been used by the churches for almost 300 years.
"BTW, that's a pretty neat story that he was the child on JESUS'S lap. Is there any real evidence of this, or is it another story that has been passed on orally."
I doubt there is any evidence as such. So far as I know its a story which has been repeated throughout the centuries. Maybe its true, maybe it isn't. It is a neat story though.
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Tenn 2005 posted the time lines a little bit earlier, but I do appreciate your integrity to so quickly state that you didn't know if it was accurate or not. As to the rest of the post I'll have to get back to you. My son wants to use the computer.