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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"For in your eating, each one taketh before other his own supper," saith he, "and one is hungry, and another is drunken." Perceivest thou how he intimates that they were disgracing themselves rather? For that which is the Lord's, they make a private matter: so that themselves are the first to suffer indignity, depriving their own table of its greatest prerogative. How and in what manner? Because the Lord's Supper, i.e., the Master's, ought to be common. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
You have turned this Lord's Supper into your own private one. For as long as it was common, it was also called the Lord's Supper; for the Master's goods are common to all servants. But since each one hastens to eat his own supper, not waiting for the poor, but eating by himself, you have dishonored your supper, having made it private instead of the Lord's. The poor man goes hungry, while the rich man gets drunk. …
Clement of Alexandria
The apostle, checking those who transgress in their conduct at entertainments, says: "For every one taketh beforehand in eating his own supper; and one is hungry, and another drunken. Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have not?"
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, For each one, he mentions the fault: first, insofar as they sinned against God; secondly, insofar as they sinned against their neighbor (v. 21b). He says, therefore, first: The reason I say that it is not lawful for you to eat the Lord's supper is that each one of you goes ahead with his own meal, namely, of common food. …
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