The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

""From"""CATHOLICITY. 51This glorious Church is foreshadowed by thePsalmist, when he sings:All the ends of the earthshall be converted to the Lord, and all the kindredsof the Gentiles shall adore in His sight for the;kingdom is the Lord s, and He shall have dominionover the nations." 1 The Prophet Malachy saw inthe distant future this world-wide Church, when Hewrote :the rising of the sun, to the goingdown, My name is great among the Gentiles and;in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offeredto My name a clean oblation ;for My name is greatamong the Gentiles, saith the Lord of Hosts." 2When our Saviour gave commission to HisApostles, He assigned to them the whole world asthe theatre of their labors, and the entire humanrace, without regard to language, color, or nationality, as the audience to whom they were to preach.This is evident from the following passages: Goye, therefore, and teach all nations" 3 Go " ye intothe whole world, and preach the Gospel to everycreature." 4 Ye shall be witnesses unto Me in"Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and evento the uttermost 6part of the earth"And so it came to pass. The Apostles scatteredthemselves over the surface of the earth, preachingthe Gospel of Christ. Their sound," says St. Paul,went over all the earth, and their words unto theends of the whole world." 6j>Ps.xii.*Mark xvi. 15.2Mal. i. 11.3 Matt. xxviii. 19.6Acts i. 8. Kom. x. 18.