For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
Most of all, worship of God displays love…. For truly the compassion from beside the Father is Christ, as he takes away the sins, dismisses the charges and justifies by faith, and recovers the lost and makes [them] stronger than death. For what is good and he does not give? Therefore the knowledge of God is better than sacrifice and holocausts, as it is brought to perfection in Christ. For by him and in him we have known the Father, and we have become rich in the justification by faith.