“This is what happens when historical neophytes try their hand at attempting to undermine Catholicism.”
Yeah. Neophytes like the Catholic Encyclopedia! And that neophyte Pope Bennedict! Both of which demonstrate your claim as false - including the “pope”
Ignatius - sorry ‘fish. Bogus. Watch what you willingly swallow, especially when it seems to support what you already believe.
http://biblehub.com/library/killen/the_ancient_church/chapter_ii_the_ignatian_epistles.htm
Wow!