"He carries on His task without intermission through the apostles and their successors; by their ministry men are brought to the knowledge of God, to the end that the name of God may be held in benediction and honor throughout the entire world, as was foretold in Malachi 1:11: "From the rising of the sun even to the going down, My name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to My name a clean oblation.""
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Saint Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church, Compendium Theologiae, Ch. 8 - First petition: desire for perfect knowledge of God
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