The Path to Salvation

[Wansvic]

The Catholic Church teaches these oral traditions. For example, they teach that their Eucharist (Holy Communion) is truly the literal Body and Blood of Jesus Christ present under the appearances of bread and wine. The ordained priests have received the power from Jesus Christ (their High Priest) to call upon the Holy Spirit for him to change the bread and wine into the precious Body and Blood of Jesus Christ at every Mass.

John 6:48-57
I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; 50 this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

52 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?” 53 Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. 54 Whoever eats[a] my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”.....66 As a result of this, many [of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him.

The online Catholic Catechism: Catechism of the Catholic Church

Jesus is the very Word of God made flesh. To eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus is to "consume" the word. It is the word of God that has the ability to bring eternal life to those who believe and obey it.

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

 

[Valletta]

The scripture actually says the bible includes all that is necessary for one to be THROUGHLY FURNISHED unto all good works. Meaning nothing beside it is necessary for instruction in righteousness. And according to Jesus all will be judged by the word; meaning the inspired word of God.

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim 3:16-17

Yours is a misinterpretation. Note the passages says "All scripture" and NOT "Only Scripture." When the Catholic Church chose the 73 books of the Bible all selected scripture had to be 100% in compliance with Catholic teaching. While the Catholic Church recognized those books as God-breathed, never was all of the faith passed down through the Apostles and popes to be abandoned and ONLY that specifically found in the Bible considered to be necessary.

 

[Jan001]

Many scholars are skeptical regarding the origins of the Didache. And it is not inspired. The document includes information that contradicts the bible's contents. As mentioned water baptism was consistly administered in the name of Jesus until forerunners of the Roman Catholic Church mandated it's change. RCC documents confirm this truth. As do many church history sources.

Jesus specifically commanded the apostles to baptize people in the names of all three persons of the Holy Trinity/Godhead. It is this baptism that first makes us his disciples/followers. This is why the Catholic Church has always practiced this form of Christian baptism because Jesus made this his own commandment shortly before he ascended into heaven.

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

There were two types of baptism in the first century AD: the baptism of John and the baptism of Jesus.

The baptism of John was a baptism for the public repentance of a person's sins. This baptism did not forgive a person's sins. This baptism was no longer given to anyone after Jesus rose from the dead.

The baptism of Jesus, if done in accordance with his specific command in Matthew 28:18-20, actually washed away/forgave Adam's sin, which we all inherited from him, and also washed away/forgave all of our own personal sins up to that point in time. After our sins are washed away, we are then his own disciples.

Acts 19:3-5 He said, “How were you baptized?” They replied, “With the baptism of John.” 4 Paul then said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

"Baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus" is an idiom. It refers to the baptism commandment of Jesus in Matthew 28:18-20.

idiom​

/ĭd′ē-əm/​

noun​

1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.
2. The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.
3. Regional speech or dialect.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. More at Wordnik​

I don't know what documents you read, but the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. RCC is a nickname. There are about 25 different rites/branches within Jesus' Catholic Church. The Roman Rite is the largest rite/branch of Jesus' Catholic Church. So the Roman Rite is actually Catholic Church, Roman Rite or Catholic Church, Latin Rite.

 

[Jan001]

The scripture actually says the bible includes all that is necessary for one to be THROUGHLY FURNISHED unto all good works. Meaning nothing beside it is necessary for instruction in righteousness. And according to Jesus all will be judged by the word; meaning the inspired word of God.

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim 3:16-17

All Scripture is inspired and therefore helpful to the Christian if he can interpret its meaning accurately.

Scripture cannot write itself, and it cannot interpret itself.

2 Peter 3:15-16 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you, 16 speaking of these thing as he does in all his letters. In them there are some things hard to understand that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures.

The word of God was actually taught in person by the leaders of Jesus' Church. Some of the word of God was eventually written down, but not all of it. Jesus did not command them to write a book and call it a Bible. He commanded his apostles to teach his gospel.

2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.

If you do not know the oral teachings of Jesus' church, then you do not know the whole gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

[Jan001]

Paul is talking about the letters and/or oral statements of the apostles. He certainly does not mean we are to believe traditions begun years later contradict Jesus' as well as His apostles teachings.

2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.

Do you know all the oral statements of the apostles? The Catholic Church does, and she has faithfully and obediently taught them and handed them down throughout the ages. None of the Catholic Church's teachings contradict what Jesus orally taught his apostles.

2 Timothy 2:2
And what you heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will have the ability to teach others as well.

 

[Jan001]

Jesus is the very Word of God made flesh. To eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus is to "consume" the word. It is the word of God that has the ability to bring eternal life to those who believe and obey it.

That is not what Jesus taught. He emphatically said that his followers would need to eat his literal flesh and drink his literal blood if they wanted to have his life within them. This is not symbolic flesh and flood. Jesus is the Word of God. We must literally consume him. John 1:1

John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

John 6:52 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”

John 6:53 Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

John 6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.

John 6:55-57 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.

John 6:60 Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?”

John 6:66-68 As a result of this, many [of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. 67 Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

Passover lamb of old (first) covenant:

1. Kill a Passover lamb every year.
2. Take its blood and paint door posts.
3. Eat the lamb

Jesus, Passover Lamb of New Covenant:

1. Kill Jesus, the Passover Lamb of God, on the cross. This one perfect sacrifice was only needed once for all time.
2. During every Catholic Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Holy Spirit, through the consecrated hands of his ordained priests, miraculously changes the bread and wine into the true Body and the true Blood of Jesus Christ. Malachi 1:11
3. Catholics then literally eat the Lamb of God and drink his Blood under the appearances of bread and wine.

 

[Wansvic]

Yours is a misinterpretation. Note the passages says "All scripture" and NOT "Only Scripture." When the Catholic Church chose the 73 books of the Bible all selected scripture had to be 100% in compliance with Catholic teaching. While the Catholic Church recognized those books as God-breathed, never was all of the faith passed down through the Apostles and popes to be abandoned and ONLY that specifically found in the Bible considered to be necessary.

All scripture in the finalized canon is the inspired word of God. It contains all that necessary to be throughly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim 3:16-17 "Throughly" is an archaic form of the adverb "thoroughly," meaning completely, fully, or in a detailed and careful manner. People of all denominations have been treating the bible like a buffet, picking and choosing what they will and will not accept; and this to their hurt.

Keep in mind that Jesus said, man's traditions make the word of God of no effect. Matthew 15:6, Mark 7:13 In the end, it is the word of God that will be the judge of all, including popes and church leaders guilty of usurping God's authority for ages.

 

[Wansvic]

Jesus specifically commanded the apostles to baptize people in the names of all three persons of the Holy Trinity/Godhead. It is this baptism that first makes us his disciples/followers. This is why the Catholic Church has always practiced this form of Christian baptism because Jesus made this his own commandment shortly before he ascended into heaven.

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

There were two types of baptism in the first century AD: the baptism of John and the baptism of Jesus.

The baptism of John was a baptism for the public repentance of a person's sins. This baptism did not forgive a person's sins. This baptism was no longer given to anyone after Jesus rose from the dead.

The baptism of Jesus, if done in accordance with his specific command in Matthew 28:18-20, actually washed away/forgave Adam's sin, which we all inherited from him, and also washed away/forgave all of our own personal sins up to that point in time. After our sins are washed away, we are then his own disciples.

Acts 19:3-5 He said, “How were you baptized?” They replied, “With the baptism of John.” 4 Paul then said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

"Baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus" is an idiom. It refers to the baptism commandment of Jesus in Matthew 28:18-20.

idiom​

/ĭd′ē-əm/​

noun​

1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.
2. The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.
3. Regional speech or dialect.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. More at Wordnik​

I don't know what documents you read, but the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. RCC is a nickname. There are about 25 different rites/branches within Jesus' Catholic Church. The Roman Rite is the largest rite/branch of Jesus' Catholic Church. So the Roman Rite is actually Catholic Church, Roman Rite or Catholic Church, Latin Rite.

I'm surprised you don't recognize that the scripture you reference in your comment does not corroborate your assertion that Jesus said to baptize in the names of three persons. What Jesus actually said was baptize in the name... (singular) Scripture reveals that name to be Jesus. (Acts 2:4-41, 8:12-18, 9:17-18, 10:43-48, 19:1-7, 22:16)

Your false comments concerning what Jesus said:
"Jesus specifically commanded the apostles to baptize people in the names of all three persons of the Holy Trinity/Godhead. It is this baptism that first makes us his disciples/followers. This is why the Catholic Church has always practiced this form of Christian baptism because Jesus made this his own commandment shortly before he ascended into heaven.

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

 

[Wansvic]

Do you know all the oral statements of the apostles? The Catholic Church does, and she has faithfully and obediently taught them and handed them down throughout the ages. None of the Catholic Church's teachings contradict what Jesus orally taught his apostles.

2 Timothy 2:2
And what you heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will have the ability to teach others as well.

Many Catholic Church teachings directly contradict the written word of God. Please consider checking out "Only for Catholics: Who Believe, Love and Serve Our Lord Jesus Christ" by Kevin J Conner. Eternity is a long, long time. May God Bless!

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[trophy33]

Do you know all the oral statements of the apostles? The Catholic Church does

Proof?

 

[trophy33]

If you do not know the oral teachings of Jesus' church, then you do not know the whole gospel of Jesus Christ.

What is this "whole gospel of Jesus Christ", then?

 

[Wansvic]

All Scripture is inspired and therefore helpful to the Christian if he can interpret its meaning accurately.

Scripture cannot write itself, and it cannot interpret itself.

2 Peter 3:15-16 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, also wrote to you, 16 speaking of these thing as he does in all his letters. In them there are some things hard to understand that the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, just as they do the other scriptures.

The word of God was actually taught in person by the leaders of Jesus' Church. Some of the word of God was eventually written down, but not all of it. Jesus did not command them to write a book and call it a Bible. He commanded his apostles to teach his gospel.

2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.

If you do not know the oral teachings of Jesus' church, then you do not know the whole gospel of Jesus Christ.

I would think you would agree the meaning of "Helpful" and "Thoroughly Furnished" differ tremendously.

 

[Wansvic]

Jesus specifically commanded the apostles to baptize people in the names of all three persons of the Holy Trinity/Godhead. It is this baptism that first makes us his disciples/followers. This is why the Catholic Church has always practiced this form of Christian baptism because Jesus made this his own commandment shortly before he ascended into heaven.

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”

There were two types of baptism in the first century AD: the baptism of John and the baptism of Jesus.

The baptism of John was a baptism for the public repentance of a person's sins. This baptism did not forgive a person's sins. This baptism was no longer given to anyone after Jesus rose from the dead.

The baptism of Jesus, if done in accordance with his specific command in Matthew 28:18-20, actually washed away/forgave Adam's sin, which we all inherited from him, and also washed away/forgave all of our own personal sins up to that point in time. After our sins are washed away, we are then his own disciples.

Acts 19:3-5 He said, “How were you baptized?” They replied, “With the baptism of John.” 4 Paul then said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

"Baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus" is an idiom. It refers to the baptism commandment of Jesus in Matthew 28:18-20.

idiom​

/ĭd′ē-əm/​

noun​

1. A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.
2. The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.
3. Regional speech or dialect.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. More at Wordnik​

I don't know what documents you read, but the Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ 2000 years ago. RCC is a nickname. There are about 25 different rites/branches within Jesus' Catholic Church. The Roman Rite is the largest rite/branch of Jesus' Catholic Church. So the Roman Rite is actually Catholic Church, Roman Rite or Catholic Church, Latin Rite.

 

[Wansvic]

That is not what Jesus taught. He emphatically said that his followers would need to eat his literal flesh and drink his literal blood if they wanted to have his life within them. This is not symbolic flesh and flood. Jesus is the Word of God. We must literally consume him. John 1:1

John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

John 6:52 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”

John 6:53 Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

John 6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.

John 6:55-57 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.

John 6:60 Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?”

John 6:66-68 As a result of this, many [of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him. 67 Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

Passover lamb of old (first) covenant:

1. Kill a Passover lamb every year.
2. Take its blood and paint door posts.
3. Eat the lamb

Jesus, Passover Lamb of New Covenant:

1. Kill Jesus, the Passover Lamb of God, on the cross. This one perfect sacrifice was only needed once for all time.
2. During every Catholic Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Holy Spirit, through the consecrated hands of his ordained priests, miraculously changes the bread and wine into the true Body and the true Blood of Jesus Christ. Malachi 1:11
3. Catholics then literally eat the Lamb of God and drink his Blood under the appearances of bread and wine.

The error of transubstantiation, the literal eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Jesus, is disputed in light of Jesus' many teachings. Consider the following examples that confirm Christ's symbolic use of words:
I am the Door (John 10:7) He did not means He was an actual door.
I am the Way (John 14:6) He did not mean He was an actual road or pathway.
I am the Vine (John 15:5) He did not mean He was an actual grapevine.
I am the Good Shepherd (John 10:14) He did not mean He was an actual shepherd.
You are the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:14) He did not mean believers are actual salt.
Beware of the leaven of the Pharasees and Sadducees. He did not mean actual yeast but the doctrine of religious leaders. (Matt 6:6-12)
The tongue is a fire. (James 3:6) The tongue is not actual fire.
I am the light of the world. (John 8:12) He is not an actual torch or sun.
I am the bread of life. (John 6:48) He did not mean He was an actual lump of dough. (excerpt from Only for Catholics)
Clearly, Jesus words are used in a spiritual and symbolic sense.


As to Malachi 1:11, it has nothing to do with communion. It speaks of "incense being offered." Incense is symbolic of prayer. (Psalm 141:2)
"For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts." Psalm 141:2

 

[Wansvic]

That is not what Jesus taught. He emphatically said that his followers would need to eat his literal flesh and drink his literal blood if they wanted to have his life within them. This is not symbolic flesh and flood. Jesus is the Word of God. We must literally consume him. John 1:1
...

Jesus is the word, and it is the word of God that must be consumed not literal flesh.

 

[Jan001]

I'm surprised you don't recognize that the scripture you reference in your comment does not corroborate your assertion that Jesus said to baptize in the names of three persons. What Jesus actually said was baptize in the name... (singular) Scripture reveals that name to be Jesus. (Acts 2:4-41, 8:12-18, 9:17-18, 10:43-48, 19:1-7, 22:16)

There are three persons in the one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Son is also called Jesus.

Jesus commanded his apostles to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Jesus did not command anyone to baptize in the name of Jesus. We must obey Jesus.

The use of the words "baptism of Jesus" is an idiom. It was used to differentiate between the baptism that Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:18-20 and the baptism that John had commanded for people to receive before the death of Jesus.

Luke 7:29
And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

 

[Jan001]

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This contradicts what the early church taught. Whoever wrote this book is in error.

Very early Church manuscript:

The Didache:

Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism​

And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 in living water. But if you have not living water, baptize into other water; and if you can not in cold, in warm. But if you have not either, pour out water thrice upon the head into the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit. But before the baptism let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whatever others can; but you shall order the baptized to fast one or two days before.

 

[Jan001]

The error of transubstantiation, the literal eating the flesh and drinking the blood of Jesus, is disputed in light of Jesus' many teachings. Consider the following examples that confirm Christ's symbolic use of words:
I am the Door (John 10:7) He did not means He was an actual door.
I am the Way (John 14:6) He did not mean He was an actual road or pathway.
I am the Vine (John 15:5) He did not mean He was an actual grapevine.
I am the Good Shepherd (John 10:14) He did not mean He was an actual shepherd.
You are the salt of the earth (Matt. 5:14) He did not mean believers are actual salt.
Beware of the leaven of the Pharasees and Sadducees. He did not mean actual yeast but the doctrine of religious leaders. (Matt 6:6-12)
The tongue is a fire. (James 3:6) The tongue is not actual fire.
I am the light of the world. (John 8:12) He is not an actual torch or sun.
I am the bread of life. (John 6:48) He did not mean He was an actual lump of dough. (excerpt from Only for Catholics)
Clearly, Jesus words are used in a spiritual and symbolic sense.

Jesus emphatically taught that his followers must eat his real flesh and drink his real blood.

John 6:53-56
Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.

In the original language, the word for eat was trogo which means to gnaw or chew.

When Jesus taught his followers that they would be required to literally eat his flesh and drink his blood, many of them stopped following him. They were appalled at what he was teaching.

John 6:52
The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

Did Jesus tell them, "Oh you misunderstood, I meant to say that you will have to symbolically eat my flesh and drink my blood?"

No, he did not. He emphatically states:

53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

Many of the Jews refused to believe Jesus' teaching, and so they stopped following him.

60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.

As to Malachi 1:11, it has nothing to do with communion. It speaks of "incense being offered." Incense is symbolic of prayer. (Psalm 141:2)
"For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts." Psalm 141:2

"From the rising of the sun even until the going down" means "daily." Every day, in all Catholic and Orthodox Masses, the ordained priests re-present Jesus' one perfect offering, under the appearances of bread and wine, to his Father in atonement for all the sins of the world. This is not a new sacrifice; it is the exact same sacrifice that Jesus offered at his Last Supper.

Luke 22:19-20
And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me. 20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.

Matthew 26:26-28
Mark 14:23-24

"And a pure offering" means the body and blood of Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine.

 

[Jan001]

Proof?

2 Timothy 2:2
And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

 

[Jan001]

What is this "whole gospel of Jesus Christ", then?

It is the gospel that was handed down throughout the ages from the first bishops to the bishops of today. Jesus Christ's church has a hierarchal structure.

Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: