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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
For when he had said, "We have received Your mercy in the midst of Your people," he signified that there is a people not receiving the mercy of God, in the midst of whom some do receive the mercy of God: and then lest it should occur to men that there are so few, as to be nearly none, how did He console them in the words following? "According to Your Name, O God, so is Your praise unto the ends of the earth" [Psalm 48:9]. What is this? …
Thomas Aquinas
"According to your name, O God." Here the effect of this reception is set forth. As if to say: by the fact that we have received your name, your praise has been spread throughout the whole earth. And this "according to your name, O God," who is essentially good. And whoever knows God according to that measure praises him according to how he knows him. …
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