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  2. Glory (religion) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Soli Deo gloria - Wikipedia

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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 .

  4. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Wikipedia

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    O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who bears the sins of the world, have mercy on us. O who bears the sins of the world, accept our supplications. O who sits at the right hand of His Father, have mercy on us. You alone are holy; You alone are the Most High, my Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Glory to God the Father. Amen.

  5. Gloria Patri - Wikipedia

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    The Gloria Patri, also known in English as the Glory Be to the Father or, colloquially, the Glory Be, is a doxology, a short hymn of praise to God in various Christian liturgies. It is also referred to as the Minor Doxology (Doxologia Minor) or Lesser Doxology, to distinguish it from the Greater Doxology, the Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

  6. Glory to God - Wikipedia

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    Glory to God" is a Christmas carol popular among American and Canadian Reformed churches that have Dutch roots. It is translated from the Dutch "Ere Zij God" and is one of the most beloved carols sung in Protestant churches in the Netherlands .

  7. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Doxology - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Glory - Wikipedia

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    Glory (religion), in Judeo-Christian religious tradition, the manifestation of God's presence Glory (religious iconography) or halo, a crown, circle, or disk of light that surrounds a person in art Glorification , term for the canonization of a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church