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Soli Deo gloria is a Latin term for Glory to God alone. It has been used by artists like Johann Sebastian Bach , George Frideric Handel , and Christoph Graupner to signify that the work was produced for the sake of praising God .
Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or Ad majórem Dei glóriam, [note 1] also rendered as the abbreviation AMDG, is a Latin quote which can be translated as "For the greater glory of God." It has been used as a rallying cry for Catholics throughout history, especially during the Thirty Year's War , and is currently the motto of the Society of Jesus ...
Glory to God in the Highest: Often translated "Glory to God on High". The title and beginning of an ancient Roman Catholic doxology, the Greater Doxology. See also ad maiorem Dei gloriam. Gloria invidiam vicisti: By your fame you have conquered envy: Sallust, Bellum Jugurthum ("Jugurthine War") 10:2. gloria filiorum patres: The glory of sons is ...
The melody in neume notation " Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is a Christian hymn known also as the Greater Doxology (as distinguished from the "Minor Doxology" or Gloria Patri) and the Angelic Hymn [1] [2] /Hymn of the Angels. [3]
Latin Vulgate [10] King James Version (1611) Douay Rheims Gloria in excelsis Deo, et super terra pax in hominibus consolationis gloria in altissimis Deo et in terra pax in hominibus bonae voluntatis Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Glory to God in the highest; and on earth peace to men of good will.
" Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" (Alone to God in the highest be glory) is an early Lutheran hymn, with text and melody attributed to Nikolaus Decius. With the reformers intending church service in German, it was intended as a German version of the Gloria part of the Latin mass , used in almost every service.
A doxology (Ancient Greek: δοξολογία doxologia, from δόξα, doxa 'glory' and - λογία, -logia 'saying') [1] [2] [3] is a short hymn of praises to God in various forms of Christian worship, often added to the end of canticles, psalms, and hymns.
Glory (from the Latin gloria, "fame, renown") is used to describe the manifestation of God's presence as perceived by humans according to the Abrahamic religions.. Divine glory is an important motif throughout Christian theology, where God is regarded as the most glorious being in existence, and it is considered that human beings are created in the Image of God and can share or participate ...