Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 27. Or drink. Here erroneous translators corrupted the text, by putting and drink (contrary to the original, η πινη) instead of or drink.—Guilty of the body, and so forth not discerning the body, and so forth This demonstrates the real presence of the body and blood of Christ, even to the unworthy communicant; who otherwise could not be guilty of the body and blood of Christ, or justly condemned for not discerning the Lord’s body. Challoner.—The real presence in the sacrament is also proved by the enormity of the crime, in its profanation. See Saint John Chrysostom hom. de non contem. ec. and hom. lx. and lxi. ad pop. Antioch. where he shews that the unworthy receiver imitates the Jews in crucifying Jesus, and trampling under foot his sacred blood. Hence the dreadful punishments we read of in verses 27 and 30.