Gloria Patri

The Gloria Patri, also known 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. The earliest Christian doxologies are addressed to the Father "through" (διὰ) the Son, or to the Father and the Holy Spirit with (μετά) the Son, or to the Son with (σύν) the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Trinitarian doxology addressed in parallel fashion to all three Divine Persons of the Trinity, joined by and (καί), as in the form of baptism, Matthew 28:19, became universal in Nicaean Christianity, which was established as the official faith of the Church with the Edict of Thessalonica in 380. The Greek wording is as follows: Δόξα Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ καὶ Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν. Glory be to the Father Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, Both now and always, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. The second part is occasionally slightly modified and other verses are sometimes introduced between the two halves. East Syriac (used by the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church) Malabar East Syriac (used by the Syro Malabar Church) West Syriac (used by the Syriac Orthodox Church and the Syriac Catholic Church) Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, from everlasting and for ever and ever (literal translation) According to Worship Music: A Concise Dictionary, the lesser doxology is of Syrian origin. There is an alternate version which the Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church use in their liturgies: Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, And upon us, weak and sinful, may mercy and compassion be showered, in both worlds, forever and ever. Amen. Arabic is one of the official liturgical languages of the Church of Jerusalem and the Church of Antioch, both autocephalous Orthodox Churches and two of the four ancient Patriarchates of the Pentarchy.