Clement of Alexandria, from The Stromata (Book 7, Chapter 12)

So is he [i.e. the one who possesses true knowledge] always pure for prayer. He also prays in the society of
angels, as being already of angelic rank, and he is never out of
their holy keeping; and though he pray alone, he has the choir of
the saints standing with him.

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