St. Ignatius Brianchaninov - From the Gospels, the Acts and the Apostolic Epistles we see...

From the Gospels, the Acts and the Apostolic Epistles we see the unbounded faith of the holy apostles in the name of the Lord Jesus and their unbounded reverence for this name.

By the name of the Lord Jesus they performed the most striking miracles. There is no instance from which we can learn how they prayed in the name of the Lord. But that is certainly how they prayed.

How could they do otherwise when that prayer was given and commanded them by the Lord Himself, and when the order was confirmed by a twofold repetition of it?

If Scripture is silent about it, it is silent only because this prayer was in general use and was so well known that it needed no special mention in Scripture.

Even in the monuments of the first ages of Christianity that have come down to us, prayer in the name of the Lord is not treated separately but is only mentioned in connection with other matters.

St. Ignatius Brianchaninov