[OLD REGGIE]

Don't you have that backwards? We have the words of Jesus only because the Church preserved them and passed them along with the rest of tradition (including the NT). The Church and the practice of the Eucharist predate the NT.

The New Testament existed long before the written versions appeared. And that Church predates the Roman Catholic Church.

[maryz]

The New Testament existed long before the written versions appeared.

I have no idea what you mean by this. Granted, the words of consecration were spoken by Christ well before they were written, and it's those words that manifested, well, let's say the "New Covenant", since it's less confusing to use the distinct terms for distinct realities.

And that Church predates the Roman Catholic Church.

I'm well aware you disagree, but "that Church" is in fact what you refer to as "the Roman Catholic Church."