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Ayo, Nicholas.

Gloria Patri : the history and theology of the lesser doxology / Nicholas Ayo. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, 2007 - xiv, 129 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129).

Doxology : word and concept -- Doxology as mystery of God -- The philology and theology of glory -- The history of the Gloria Patri doxology -- The trinity in time and eternity -- "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" -- "As it was in the beginning" - the glory of eternity and time -- "Is now" - the fullness of time and the hidden glory -- "And will be forever, world without end" - the fullness of grace and the revealed glory -- "Amen" Pt. 1. Pt. 2.

"The Gloria Patri has been prayed from the beginnings of Christianity. In this one-sentence prayer, time and eternity are combined in a compressed expression of doxology, praise of God. In this book, Father Ayo examines the riches in this prayer: the philological, historical, and theological origins of Christian prayer itself, and the profound spiritual implications of the Gloria Patri."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN: 9780268020293 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0268020299 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007019521

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Gloria Patri.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Doxology--History and criticism.

LC Class. No.: BV194.D69 / A96 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 242/.72