Henry Bullinger (1504–1575) on Judas’s Presence at the Supper

Some truly do make a doubt, whether Judas were present at the supper, when the Lord distributed the holy mysteries; among whom is St Hilary.³ Howbeit, the evangelical history saith plainly, that the Lord sat down to meat with the twelve; yea, Luke so handled his narration, that we cannot doubt but that Judas did communicate of the mysteries with the rest of the apostles; which St Augustine also avoucheth, Libro de Consensu Evangelistarum tertio, capitulo primo;⁴ and likewise in the 62. treatise upon John,⁵ and upon the 10th Psalm,⁶ and in his 163. epistle.⁷ Yea, moreover, Aquinas also, answering in this point to St Hilary, approveth the same with us, Parte tertia Quæsti. 81. Art. 2.⁸ Now therefore [it] being manifest, that Judas was at supper with the rest of the apostles, it seemeth needful that it were known, what he received of the Lord. He received the sacrament of Christ’s body, as the other disciples did; but because he had not faith, as the other had, he partaked not of Christ, neither did he eat and drink the Lord’s body and blood. For as many as eat the Lord’s body and drink his blood, do not hunger nor thirst; for they dwell in Christ, and Christ in them; they are Christ’s members; and they never die. The contrary altogether appeareth in Judas and all his fellows. Wherefore the unbelievers do neither eat the Lord’s body nor drink his blood. Moreover, it is out of all doubt, that there is no agreement between Christ and Belial; for this hath the apostle pronounced out of the general consent of the scriptures. But Judas is by Christ himself called Satan; therefore Judas did not communicate with Christ. Now if we will contend absolutely, that Judas did eat the Lord’s body; truly we shall be constrained wickedly to affirm, that it is not only an unprofitable, but also an hurtful meat; howbeit, godliness teacheth us, that Christ is a wholesome meat always to all them that eat him truly. St Augustine also denieth that Judas did eat the Lord’s body or drink his blood. In the 59th Treatise upon St John, “The apostles,” saith he, “did eat the bread which was the Lord, but Judas did eat the Lord’s bread against the Lord. They did eat life, but he punishment.”⁹ Again in the 26th treatise:. “Whoso dwelleth not in Christ nor Christ in him, doubtless he neither eateth his flesh spiritually, nor drinketh his blood: although carnally and visibly he break in his teeth the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ; but he rather eateth and drinketh the sacrament of so great a matter to his condemnation, &c.”¹⁰ The like also, and almost plainer, doth he write in the 21st book and 25th chapter, De Civitate Dei.¹¹
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3 [Post quæ Judas proditor indicatur, sine quo pascha conficitur: dignus enim æternorum sacramentorum communione non fuerat.—Hilar. Comment. in Matth. cap. 30. Opp. col. 740. Par. 1693.]
4 [Aug. Opp. Tom. iv. fol. 100. col. 4. Par. 1531.]
5 [Opp. Tom. ix. fol. 84. col. 1.]
6 [Opp. Tom. viii. fol. 16. col. 1.]
7 [Opp. Tom. ii. fol. 143. col. 3.]
8 [Aquinas, Summa Theol. par. iii. quæst. 81. art. 2. p. 186. Col. Agrip. 1622.]
9 [Illi manducabant panem Dominum; ille panem Domini contra Dominum. Illi vitam, ille pœnam.—Aug. in Evang. Joan. lix. Opp. Tom. ix. fol. 82. col. 4.]
10 [See quotation above, page 460, note 3.]
11 [Non dicendum eum manducare corpus Christi, qui in corporo Christi non est.—Aug. de Civit. Dei, Lib. xxi. cap. 25. Opp. Tom. v. fol. 292. col. 4.]

Henry Bullinger, The Decades of Henry Bullinger: The Fifth Decade, ed. Thomas Harding (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1852), 464–65. Jean Daillé said, “Cyprian, Chrysostom, Jerome, Theodoret, Leo, and with few exceptions, all the other Fathers (as is known) agree with Augustine that Judas received the sacred Supper from Christ along with the other Apostles.”

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