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For they wished those men to be perfect and unblamable whom they left and their successors and to whom they handed over their office of authority [+Irenaeus, c. 202 A.D.]

Doesn't get much clearer than that...

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. [+Ignatius, c. 105 A.D.]

Not only has the Church remaind true to the Apostolic faith handed to them by our Lord, but the heretics keep regenerating as well, like weed.

“For I myself have received from the Lord what I also delivered to you [note that this is tradition], that the Lord Jesus, on the night in which He was betrayed took bread, and giving thanks broke, and said, ‘This is My Body which shall be given up for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’” (I Cor. 11:23 ff.).

Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords, says: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, you shall not have life in you. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has life everlasting and I will raise Him up on the last day.” (John 6:54-55).

“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." (Ignatius, died c. 105)

Without Apostolic succession, there cannot be the Eucharist and therefore no Church (ecclesial communities, yes, but not the Church).

Take 10 minutes to watch Neil Babcox, once a nondenominational Pastor and then a Presbyterean Pastor for over 30 years, speak on the Eucharist.

God bless you all…..