How can St. Paul say, “because I received from the Lord” (1 Cor. 11:23) when he did not attend the Lord’s Supper?

The answer

St. John Chrysostom says, “He said so that you may know that the first table had no advantage above that which comes after it. For even today also it is He who does all, and delivers it even as then.”¹⁵²⁵

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

¹⁵²⁵ St. John Chrysostom, Homilies on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians 27.5 (NPNF I/12:161) amended.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.