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doxology (dŏksŏl`əjē) [Gr. doxa=glory] formulaic ascription of praise to God, encountered in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. The best-known doxologies of the Christian church are Gloria in excelsis Gloria in excelsis (ĕksĕl`sĭs) [Lat. ..... Click the link for more information. , or the greater doxology; Gloria Patri, or the lesser doxology; and the closing stanza of Thomas Ken's morning and evening hymns, beginning, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow," sung to the tune Old Hundredth from the Genevan Psalter (see hymn hymn, song of praise, devotion, or thanksgiving, especially of a religious character (see also cantata ). Early Christian hymnody consisted mainly of the Psalms and the great canticles Nunc dimittis, Magnificat, and Benedictus ..... Click the link for more information. ). doxology a hymn, verse, or form of words in Christian liturgy glorifying God How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The final two verses contain one of the great Pauline doxologies (cf. The apocalypse, offers us great hymns and doxologies, more than any other New Testament book, that remind us of the place of prayer, hymn and song, in the life of the psyche, and the need to contemplate the mystery of the holy when we find ourselves speechless, and when the Promethean resistance to which Wink feels called, is pointless. As Saliers points out, both early Christian liturgies and the letters of Saint Paul are littered with canticles, psalms, doxologies, and fragments of eucharistic hymns. |
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