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Judas

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Our Lord and the Faith › Judas

The question

Could Your Grace send me that list of the Fathers who did and those who did not believe that Judas was present at the Institution of the Holy Eucharist?

The answer

Some of the fathers who believed Judas was not present are St. Hilary Poitiers, Thomas Aquinas (from the Roman Catholic), and H.H. Pope Shenouda.

Fathers who believed Judas did partake of the Eucharist are St. Augustine, St. Dionysius, St. John Chrysostom, and scholar Origen.

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